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Definition of "workweek" []

  • The hours or days worked in a week: a four-day workweek. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "workweek" in a sentence
  • "As part of a plan by the new Democratic majority to create the impression of frenzied hard work, the House has also boosted its workweek from a bankerly three days to five, and the Senate has trimmed its other spring break — two weeks in April — by half."
  • "Chinese law says that the standard workweek is 40 hours, so this means a lot of overtime, which is included in the pay rates above."
  • "Ask anyone who actually owns a business: Trying to guarantee the number of hours in a workweek is like trying to capture smoke."