"five-day week" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: five-day weeks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} five-day week (plural five-day weeks)
  1. A working week of five days, the remaining two days in the week being rest days.
    Sense id: en-five-day_week-en-noun-4g~DZDJT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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