five-day week

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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.
    • 1961 November, “Talking of Trains: L.M. London area timetable cuts”, in Trains Illustrated, page 648:
      The widespread adoption of the five-day week has at last had effect on the Saturday rush-hour train service on the London-Watford and Bletchley lines of the L.M.R.

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