five-day week
collocation in Englishmeaningsofweek
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week
noun[C]
uk/wiːk/us/wiːk/
a period of seven days, especially either from Monday to Sunday or from Sunday ...
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(Definition ofweekfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The unanimous consent to thefive-dayweekwas occasioned less by the absolute quantum of free time thus gained than by the new possibilities offered by the 'long weekend'.
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We always argued for afive-dayweek, and we got it.
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We are now moving steadily towards afive-dayweek.
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Would not afive-dayweekgive us more production?
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Most people work on the basis of afive-dayweek.
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The miners have afive-dayweekagreement, which represents a great achievement.
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On the general matter of status and conditions, thefive-dayweekis of significance.
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They decided that they would rather go on to afive-dayweek.
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That is "out," because of the guaranteedfive-dayweekagreement.
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The next suggestion was that there ought to be afive-dayweek.
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I remember industry being able to reach normalfive-dayweekproduction levels on a three-day week.
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The miners have afive-dayweek; they are working afive-dayweek.
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Should we get more or less coal if there were afive-dayweek?
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This is a problem that arises with a switch-over from a six-day to afive-dayweek.
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Industry generally has moved to the 44-hour week and thefive-dayweek.
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There is already a suggestion that the banks should operate afive-dayweek.
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This compares unfavourably with the ordinary industrial worker, with hisfive-dayweekand no night duty.
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Wages are attracting them as is thefive-dayweek.
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Pressure for, and acceptance of, thefive-dayweekindeed demonstrates this.
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Instead of working an eight-hour,five-dayweek, men begin to work six and then seven days.
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