daywork

The work done in a day; a day's work.

Noun

  1. The work done in a day; a day's work.
  2. The amount of land that can be worked in a day.
  3. Work carried out or paid for on a daily basis; day labour.
  4. Work done during the day; specifically, the cover-work carried out by someone involved in intelligence work, as opposed to their secret activities.
    • ‘The task of servicing such moles is not entrusted to normal overseas residencies but to a Karla representative, as he is known, usually a military officer, whose daywork is to be an attaché of an Embassy.’ - 1979, John...

Origin

From Middle English daywork, daywerk, from Old English dæġweorc, from Proto-West Germanic *dagawerk, from Proto-Germanic *dagawerką. By surface analysis, day + work.

Forms

dayworks day work day-work

Related

dayworker