jobday

See also: job day

English

Alternative forms

• job day

Etymology

From job and day.

Noun

jobday (plural jobdays)

1. A day of the week, or regular portion of the day (typically 8 hours), during which one is on the job/at work
   • 1974, Carroll J. Bourg, “Work and/or Job in Advanced Industrialized Societies”, in Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 57(1): 113-225:

     As the joblife becomes a smaller percentage of one's life cycle, as the jobyear, the jobweek, maybe even the jobday become smaller, ...

2. A measure of time required to do a particular job or set of tasks
   • 1982, Jeffrey A. Alexander, Nursing Unit Organization: Its Effects on Staff Professionalism, UMI Research Press, published 1982, page 49:

     The variable jobday probably measures the extent to which different jobs are allocated among different staff members.

   • 1990, Robert L. Kimmons, Project Management Basics: A Step by Step Approach, CRC Press, page 47:

     Jobdays are used in other projects that call for closer monitoring.

Synonyms

• workday (mainly US); working day (mainly UK)

Anagrams

• day job