# daywork

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdeɪwɜːk/

## Definitions
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.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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