shiftwork

noun

Etymology

From shift + work.

  1. inherited from *werǵ- — “to make
  2. inherited from *wérǵom — “work
  3. inherited from *werką — “work
  4. inherited from *werk
  5. inherited from weorc
  6. inherited from work
  7. compounded as shiftwork — “shift + work

Definitions

  1. Scheduled work outside of customary daylight working hours.

  2. A mode of employment in which sets of workers are rotated to maintain a continuous 24/7…

    A mode of employment in which sets of workers are rotated to maintain a continuous 24/7 operation, usually, with a system of three eight-hour shifts: first shift, second shift, and third shift.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA