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work⋅place

[wurk-pleys]
–noun
1. a person's place of employment.
2. any or all places where people are employed: a bill to set safety standards for the workplace.

Origin:
1820–30; work + place
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work·place   (wûrk'plās')   
n.  
  1. A place, such as an office or factory, where people are employed.

  2. The work setting in general: "one of the last male bastions of the American workplace" (Wall Street Journal).

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