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work-life balance

UK/ˈwɜː(ɹ)k ˈlaɪf ˈbæləns/US/ˈwɜː(ɹ)k ˈlaɪf ˈbæləns/
nounB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

Work-life balance is how well your job and your life fit together. Protect your work-life balance.

The phrase implies the two are opposed, which some people object to and others find exact. Work-life balance is decided by what a workplace actually rewards rather than what it says.

Yuasan · CC0

Definitions of work-life balance

  1. 1nounwork-life balanceHow well your job and your life fit together.B2

    “The work-life balance was the reason he took a smaller salary.”

work-life balance is a balance.

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