office hours
noun [plural]Definition
› the hours during the day when people who work in offices are usually at work: I'll have to do it outside/out of (= before or after) office hours. Their phone lines are only open during office hours.Days and times of dayWorking hours and periods of workWork, working and the workplace › US (UK surgery [U]) the times during the day when you can go to see a doctor or dentist at his or her office: Many doctors have evening office hours.
(Definition of office hours noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- after hours idiom
- clock in phrasal verb
- clock out phrasal verb
- flexible working noun
- flexitime noun
- in-service adjective
- man-hour noun
- night shift noun
- nine number
- opening hours noun
- opening time noun
- overtime adverb, noun
- reduced time noun
- rise verb (STOP WORK)
- rush hour noun
- shiftwork noun
- time clock noun
- timesheet noun
- unsocial adjective
- working day noun
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