daywork

Meaning

Noun

• The work done in a day; a day's work.
• The amount of land that can be worked in a day.
• Work carried out or paid for on a daily basis; day labour.
• Work done during the day; specifically, the cover-work carried out by someone involved in intelligence work, as opposed to their secret activities.

Origin

• From Middle English daywork, daywerk, from Old English dæġweorc, from Proto-Germanic *dagawerką, equivalent to day + work.