English Explanatory Dictionary

daywork

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The work done in a day; a day's work.
  2. The amount of land that can be worked in a day.
  3. Work carried out or paid for on a daily basis; day labour.
  4. Work done during the day; specifically, the cover-work carried out by someone involved in intelligence work, as opposed to their secret activities.

Pronunciation

/ˈdeɪwɜːk/ /ˈdeɪwɝk/

Word forms

daywork dayworks day work day-work

Etymology

From Middle English daywork, daywerk, from Old English dæġweorc, from Proto-West Germanic *dagawerk, from Proto-Germanic *dagawerką. By surface analysis, day + work.

Related words

dayworker
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