workplacen.

Brit.

/ˈwəːkpleɪs/, U.S.

/ˈwərkˌpleɪs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: work n., place n.¹

Etymology: < work n. + place n.¹

The site or location where a person works. In later use chiefly: spec. the premises of a company, business, etc., such as an office, factory, or shop, at which its employees work. Also with the: the setting or environment particular to such places; the professional milieu.

ΘΠ

society > occupation and work > workplace > [noun]

hive1634

workplace1708

coalface1964

1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 16 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) That Board or Work-place for that one Man, is generally about three Yard.

1775 Addr. Inhabitants Edinb. 4 The skinners horses and carts passing to their work-places upon the Water-of-Leith.

a1828 T. Bewick Memoir (1862) xii. 146 He had it sent for to my work-place.

1879 B. W. Richardson On Health & Occup. iv. 35 In large towns, where they [sc. butchers] are rarely provided with well-ventilated workplaces, their mortality rises beyond what has been stated.

1919 Industr. Managem. 58 14/1 [The central despatching station] must know on what machine or workplace each operative is working.

1974 School Rev. 83 64 Racial antagonisms and sexual discrimination in the workplace represent similar types of conflicts among groups of workers.

2009 N. Conner Living Green 5 This chapter begins with ways you can green your workplace, from reducing waste to starting an office recycling program.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as workplace culture, workplace safety, etc.

1920 Proc. 4th Industr. Safety Congr. (N.Y.) 25 The prudent regard for workplace safety that underlies the proposals to establish a maximum eight-hour working day.

1978 Irish Times 21 Nov. 10/5 Differences in ‘workplace culture’.

1984 Jrnl. Legal Stud. 13 582 The effectiveness of experience rating in workers' compensation as a means of curbing workplace accidents and injuries.

1998 S. Priest & J. Welch Creating Stress-free Office i. 20 One-third of current stress-related employment legal cases are estimated to be primarily attributable to workplace bullying.

2004 A. Brown Labour, Politics & State in Industrializing Thailand v. 87 Organizations of workers along such lines..might play a fruitful role in improving workplace relations.

C2.

workplace nursery n. a crèche situated on an employer's premises that provides day care for employees' children.

1977 Guardian 5 Mar. 11/8 In 1975 there were only 90 workplace nurseries catering for 2,751 children.

1985 Labour Res. Dec. 309/2 A single parent with a son in a workplace nursery.

2003 S. Green BTEC First Early Years vi. 295 She has recently returned to work, leaving three-month-old Vikram in the care of the baby room at her company's workplace nursery.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	workplace
释义	workplacen. Brit. /ˈwəːkpleɪs/, U.S. /ˈwərkˌpleɪs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: work n., place n.¹ Etymology: < work n. + place n.¹ The site or location where a person works. In later use chiefly: spec. the premises of a company, business, etc., such as an office, factory, or shop, at which its employees work. Also with the: the setting or environment particular to such places; the professional milieu. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > [noun] hive1634 workplace1708 coalface1964 1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 16 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) That Board or Work-place for that one Man, is generally about three Yard. 1775 Addr. Inhabitants Edinb. 4 The skinners horses and carts passing to their work-places upon the Water-of-Leith. a1828 T. Bewick Memoir (1862) xii. 146 He had it sent for to my work-place. 1879 B. W. Richardson On Health & Occup. iv. 35 In large towns, where they [sc. butchers] are rarely provided with well-ventilated workplaces, their mortality rises beyond what has been stated. 1919 Industr. Managem. 58 14/1 [The central despatching station] must know on what machine or workplace each operative is working. 1974 School Rev. 83 64 Racial antagonisms and sexual discrimination in the workplace represent similar types of conflicts among groups of workers. 2009 N. Conner Living Green 5 This chapter begins with ways you can green your workplace, from reducing waste to starting an office recycling program. Compounds C1. General attributive, as workplace culture, workplace safety, etc. Π 1920 Proc. 4th Industr. Safety Congr. (N.Y.) 25 The prudent regard for workplace safety that underlies the proposals to establish a maximum eight-hour working day. 1978 Irish Times 21 Nov. 10/5 Differences in ‘workplace culture’. 1984 Jrnl. Legal Stud. 13 582 The effectiveness of experience rating in workers' compensation as a means of curbing workplace accidents and injuries. 1998 S. Priest & J. Welch Creating Stress-free Office i. 20 One-third of current stress-related employment legal cases are estimated to be primarily attributable to workplace bullying. 2004 A. Brown Labour, Politics & State in Industrializing Thailand v. 87 Organizations of workers along such lines..might play a fruitful role in improving workplace relations. C2. workplace nursery n. a crèche situated on an employer's premises that provides day care for employees' children. Π 1977 Guardian 5 Mar. 11/8 In 1975 there were only 90 workplace nurseries catering for 2,751 children. 1985 Labour Res. Dec. 309/2 A single parent with a son in a workplace nursery. 2003 S. Green BTEC First Early Years vi. 295 She has recently returned to work, leaving three-month-old Vikram in the care of the baby room at her company's workplace nursery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1708
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