Inwork

From Middle English *inwork, from Old English inweorc ("indoor work"), from in- + weorc ("work"). Cognate with Scots inwark, inwork ("domestic work, indoor work"). More at in-, work.

Full definition of inwork

Noun

1. Indoor work, work done inside the home.
• 1981, Cragg, Dawson, Great Britain. Dept. of Employment, Qualitative research among homeworkers:Many respondents saw their earnings as a marginal, even though often essential, contribution to the household budget and one outside the formal constraints of inwork.

From - + work. Compare Dutch inwerken ("to affect, orient"), German einwirken ("to influence, impinge").

Verb

1. (transitive) To work in or into.
2. (intransitive) To work or operate within.

Derived terms

• inworking
• inwrought