working day vs weekday

Both 'working day' and 'weekday' are correct phrases, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Working day' refers to a day when people work, while 'weekday' specifically refers to Monday to Friday, excluding weekends. The choice between them depends on the context you want to convey.

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working day

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to refer to a day when people work.

Use 'working day' to refer to a day when people work, regardless of whether it falls on a weekday or not.

Examples:

Monday is a typical working day for most people.
I have a lot of tasks to complete on my working day this week.

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Last updated: November 28, 2024

In these homilies, meditations, classes & talks by Fr. James Searby, discover the possibility of Holiness for the Working Day.
Jul 23, 2020 ... The solution is so cludgey - a sheet administrator should have the option to over-ride the non-working day setting for a particular line.
Mar 16, 2024 ... I get an email confirming the delivery to the post office, and that they'd try and deliver the next working day, which I assumed would be Monday ...
Jul 20, 2023 ... ... working day within its timeline, Monday will know to consider 4 working days ignoring the non working day). Allow work in non working days ...
Nov 22, 2019 ... I get paid on the last working day of every month. I'm trying to make a shortcut which will tell me how many days it is until then.
Nov 21, 2022 ... In this calendar I need to pull out the first working day after day X. For example : I have a module with holidays, working days etc. as ...
Jul 5, 2013 ... Visit their website Brussels Air Museum . regards. S&P. Attached Thumbnails. One model per (non-working) day-p1090739.jpg One ...
Feb 19, 2020 ... ... could one be made in Orch please - to run a job on the last working day of a month? Can't quite get it with cron expressions, and we h…
Sep 14, 2018 ... Solved: I was wondering if it possible to work out the 1st working day of the month and also the 1st working day for the following month?
Mar 25, 2021 ... ... working day or not. After that I'll use the output result with IF condition. If Tuesday is working day , it should calculate last Tues to ...

Alternatives:

workday
business day
office day
productive day
labor day

weekday

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to refer to Monday to Friday, excluding weekends.

Use 'weekday' to specifically refer to the days from Monday to Friday, excluding weekends.

Examples:

I have meetings scheduled throughout the weekdays.
Weekdays are usually busy with work and school activities.

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When originally broadcast, each series consisted of 30-minute episodes, shown on consecutive weekday evenings.
Metrobus serves over 400,000 riders each weekday and is the nation's fifth-largest bus system.
The attack happened on a weekday.
I'll see you at 6pm every weekday.
Very anti-social to have it on what I call a weekday.
It's not just what you call a weekday.
Anything later on a weekday will get you in too late.
With an average of about one million trips each weekday, Metro is the second-busiest rapid transit system in the country.
I took care of Telmo every weekday for 3 hours.
A: We can arrange any excursion in any weekday.
I went in 4:00 on a weekday afternoon.
SHORTWEEKDAY - The abbreviated name of the weekday.
But the 50 minutes care every weekday had not been enough.
Doug, it's a weekday.
The number of meals served each weekday reached 400 in September and is steadily climbing.
Pocket Devotions A Scripture study every weekday
Business was jumping though it only was a weekday.
We're on a weekday, and I'm strolling, man.
Getting drunk at noon on a weekday?
What's with the, weekday vibe.

Alternatives:

workweek
business week
office week
Monday to Friday
workdays

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