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down⋅time

  [doun-tahym]
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–noun
1. a time during a regular working period when an employee is not actively productive.
2. an interval during which a machine is not productive, as during repair, malfunction, maintenance.
Also called dead time.

Origin:
1925–30; down 1 + time
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down time

  1. n.
    the time when a computer is not operating. (Compare this with up time.) : I can't afford a lot of down time in the system I buy.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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