"business day" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: business days [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} business day (plural business days)
  1. A day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day. Holonyms: workweek Meronyms: close of business, COB, end of day, EOD Related terms: day off, time off, PTO (english: often antonymous, but one can be off during a business day), weekend (english: often antonymous, depending on one's work schedule) Translations (a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day): працо́ўны дзень (pracówny dzjenʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), рабо́тен ден (rabóten den) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pracovní den [masculine] (Czech), hverdag [common-gender] (Danish), argipäev (Estonian), äripäev (Estonian), कार्यदिवस (kāryadivas) [masculine] (Hindi), munkanap (Hungarian), dzień powszedni [masculine] (Polish), dzień roboczy [masculine] (Polish), рабо́чий день (rabóčij denʹ) [masculine] (Russian), pracovný deň [masculine] (Slovak), día hábil [masculine] (Spanish), día laborable [masculine] (Spanish), día útil [Peru, masculine] (Spanish), робо́чий день (robóčyj denʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "close of business"
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          "roman": "rabóten den",
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          "word": "рабо́тен ден"
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          "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
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          "word": "pracovní den"
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          "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
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          "code": "hi",
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          "roman": "kāryadivas",
          "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
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          "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
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          "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
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          "word": "dzień powszedni"
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          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
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          "word": "dzień roboczy"
        },
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          "roman": "rabóčij denʹ",
          "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "рабо́чий день"
        },
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          "lang_code": "sk",
          "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pracovný deň"
        },
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          "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
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          "word": "día hábil"
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          "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
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          "word": "día laborable"
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          "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
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          "word": "día útil"
        },
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          "roman": "robóčyj denʹ",
          "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
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      "roman": "rabóten den",
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      "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
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      "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
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      "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
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      "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "kāryadivas",
      "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
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      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
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      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
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      "word": "dzień powszedni"
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      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
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      "word": "dzień roboczy"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "rabóčij denʹ",
      "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
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      "word": "рабо́чий день"
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      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
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      "word": "pracovný deň"
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      "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
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      "word": "día hábil"
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      "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
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      "word": "día laborable"
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      "word": "día útil"
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      "roman": "robóčyj denʹ",
      "sense": "a day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day",
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      "word": "робо́чий день"
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