"working time" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: working times [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} working time (plural working times)
  1. (law) The period of time that an individual spends at paid occupational labor. Most countries regulate the working time by law, e.g. by stipulating a maximum number of working hours per week. Exact definition varies by the legislation. Categories (topical): Law Synonyms: working hours Translations (law: time spent at occupational labor): دَوَام (dawām) (Arabic), pracovní doba [feminine] (Czech), arbejdstid [common-gender] (Danish), tööaeg (Estonian), työaika (Finnish), Arbeitszeit [feminine] (German), munkaidő (Hungarian), работно време (rabotno vreme) [neuter] (Macedonian), рабочее время (rabočeje vremja) [feminine] (Russian), arbetstid [common-gender] (Swedish), робо́чий час (robóčyj čas) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-working_time-en-noun--T8fiu~Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: law

Inflected forms

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