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flex time
flex·time
/
ˈflɛksˌtaɪm
/
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fleks
-tahym
]
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noun
a system of working that allows an employee to choose, within limits, the hours for starting and leaving work each day.
Also,
flex·i·time
/
ˈflɛk
sɪˌtaɪm
/
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flek
-si-tahym
]
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.
Origin:
1970–75;
flex
2
+
time
Related forms
flex·tim·er,
flex·i·tim·er,
noun
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flexitime
or
flextime
(ˈflɛksɪˌtaɪm, ˈflɛksˌtaɪm)
—
n
a system permitting flexibility of working hours at the beginning or end of the day, provided an agreed period of each day (
core time
) is spent at work
flextime
or
flextime
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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flextime
1972, translating Ger. Gleitzeit "sliding time."
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