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workload

or work load

[ wurk-lohd ]

/ ˈwɜrkˌloʊd /

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noun

the amount of work that a machine, employee, or group of employees can be or is expected to perform.

Origin of workload

First recorded in 1940–45; work + load

Words nearby workload

working-capital fund, working-day, workingman, workingperson, workingwoman, workload, workman, workmanlike, workmanship, workmate, workmen's compensation

Example sentences from the Web for workload

This means that the workload on other soldiers increases and that they have less vacation time and more responsibility.

Iraqi Soldiers Bribe Officers So They Don't Have to Fight ISIS |Niqash |October 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But now the feelings of heartache increased as the workload diminished.

The Resilient City: New York After 9/11 |John Avlon |September 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Instead, most cite the workload of the DC Circuit as a reason to maintain the vacancies.

Republicans Continue to Refuse to Confirm Obama's Judicial Nominations |Jamelle Bouie |November 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
If she doubles her workload, however, she makes just £6 more.

Jim Messina, How Could You Flip From Barack Obama to David Cameron? |Michael Tomasky |August 5, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

They can't have small car service operators, he says, because it would up the commission's workload.

DC Taxi Commission Still Gunning for Uber |Megan McArdle |September 20, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Now, what kind of a workload do your agents have on an average?

Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Mechanization and specialization of the family farm did not necessarily lighten the farmer's workload.

Frying Pan Farm |Elizabeth Brown Pryor

British Dictionary definitions for workload

workload

/ (ˈwɜːkˌləʊd) /

noun

the amount of work to be done, esp in a specified period by a person, machine, etc