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Meaning of "workhour" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WORKHOUR

workhour  [ˈwɜːkˌaʊə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WORKHOUR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Workhour is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WORKHOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of workhour in the English dictionary

The definition of workhour in the dictionary is any time set aside for work.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WORKHOUR


bower
ˈbaʊə
cauliflower
ˈkɒlɪˌflaʊə
devour
dɪˈvaʊə
Eisenhower
ˈaɪzənˌhaʊə
empower
ɪmˈpaʊə
firepower
ˈfaɪəpaʊə
flour
ˈflaʊə
flower
ˈflaʊə
gaur
ɡaʊə
horsepower
ˈhɔːsˌpaʊə
hour
aʊə
hydropower
ˈhaɪdrəʊˌpaʊə
manpower
ˈmænˌpaʊə
our
aʊə
power
ˈpaʊə
shower
ˈʃaʊə
sour
ˈsaʊə
sunflower
ˈsʌnˌflaʊə
tower
ˈtaʊə
twenty-four-hour
ˈtwɛntɪˌfɔːʳˈaʊə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WORKHOUR

workfare
workfellow
workflow
workfolk
workfolks
workforce
workful
workgirl
workgroup
workhorse
workhouse
working
working bee
working capital
working class
working day
working dog
working drawing
Working Families Tax Credit
working fluid

WORDS THAT END LIKE WORKHOUR

credit hour
dinner hour
eleventh hour
flower-of-an-hour
golden hour
half an hour
half-hour
happy hour
kilowatt-hour
lunch hour
man-hour
megawatt hour
peak-hour
quarter-hour
rush hour
the hour
the witching hour
watt-hour
witching hour
zero hour

Synonyms and antonyms of workhour in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «workhour» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WORKHOUR

Find out the translation of workhour to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of workhour from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «workhour» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

workhour
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Workhour
570 millions of speakers

English

workhour
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

workhour
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

workhour
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

workhour
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

workhour
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

workhour
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

workhour
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Workhour
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Workhour
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

workhour
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

workhour
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Workhour
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

workhour
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

workhour
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वर्कहाऊर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

workhour
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

workhour
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

workhour
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

workhour
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

workhour
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

workhour
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

workhour
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

workhour
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

workhour
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of workhour

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WORKHOUR»

The term «workhour» is used very little and occupies the 190.021 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WORKHOUR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «workhour» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «workhour» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about workhour

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WORKHOUR»

Discover the use of workhour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to workhour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
U.S. Postal Service progress made in implementing automated ...
workhour savings were to reduce overtime on routes, extend street time, and ultimately restrain the rate of growth in routes and carrier positions. The Board approved these investments between fiscal years 1992 and 1996, and equipment ...
2
U.S. Postal Service: Progress Made in Implementing Automated ...
The Service is capturing projected city carrier workhour savings through its budget process. The Service's decision analyses projected total carrier savings of 27.2 million workhours through fiscal year 1997 and total savings of 56.7 million ...
Gerald P. Barnes, 1998
3
The Economics of Art and Culture
Assuming for simplicity that the length of the work week and the proportion of the population that is working remain constant as the economy grows, a given rise in productivity, which is the name economists give to output per workhour, will ...
James Heilbrun, Charles M. Gray, 2001
4
Applied Cost Engineering, Third Edition
40, 3S' 2S- 14 10 0U0ULUTIVE SALARY (S/W0RKH0UR) Budget at $32.00 / workhour Final cumulative > rate ($31.1 0/ workhour) CU0ULATIVE EXPENSES ( S/W0RKH0UR) 0udget at J12.00/ workhour 12 Final cumulative , (S/workhour) / rale ...
Forrest Clark, A.B. Lorenzoni, 1996
5
Design for Innovative Value Towards a Sustainable Society: ...
However, part of this time contains workhour that does not yield added value. Though precise determination of the working environment give worker good grounding in KAIZEN, it does not raise performance (Q, C, T). Consequently ...
Mitsutaka Matsumoto, Yasushi Umeda, Keijiro Masui, 2012
6
Keeping Patients Safe:: Transforming the Work Environment of ...
Rather thanimposing absolute limits onthenumber ofhoursan individual could work in any48hour period, specificrestrictions on 16hourshifts, orannual limits on workhours, theNRC opted to “establish thresholdsfor workhour controls.” However ...
Ann Page, Committee on the Work Environment for Nurses and Patient Safety, Board on Health Care Services, 2004
7
Programming Languages for MIS: Concepts and Practice
... is EMPLOYEE public EMPLOYEE private: double HourlyPayRate; int WorkHour; public: PARTTIMEEMPLOYEE() { // The constructor is defined by void InitHourlyPay(char); }; void }; 88 double ReturnHourlyPayRate() int ReturnWorkHour() ...
Hai Wang, Shouhong Wang, 2014
8
Hazardous Waste Cost Control
2 workhours per VLF 20 workhours x $50/workhour (includes Overhead, G&A, and Fee) = $1,000 per Sample = $100 per VLF $6.000 per well or $150 per VLF ( subcontractor cost - includes all Mob, Demob, Overhead. G&A. and Profit) 50 ...
Richard Selg, 1993
9
Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design: Volume 27 - ...
Installed Cost Estimated via Workhour Factor Find the installed cost, in mid- 1984 dollars, of a 100-nr rotary-drum filter, using the workhour factor. For a geographical area other than Southern California, assume the equipment-setting wage ...
John J. McKetta Jr, 1987
10
Work and the Welfare State: Street-Level Organizations and ...
Wepay particular attention toconditions ofwork thatcan renderthe workhour requirements built intoso many workfaretype policies unrealistic. A basic assumption undergirding workhour requirements is that workers can decide how many hours ...
Evelyn Z. Brodkin, Gregory Marston, 2013

REFERENCE
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