part time

[ pahrt tahym ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a period of time that is less than full time: : PT, P/T Compare full time ( def ).
Thirty-five hours a week is still considered part time.

part-time

[ adjective pahrt-tahym; adverb pahrt-tahym ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

employed, functioning, or working less than the customary or requisite number of hours:
They had only enough money to hire a part-time clerk.
lasting, requiring, or being in force only a part of the time:
part-time employment;
part-time jobs.

part-time

for less than the entire time appropriate to an activity
a part-time waitress
a part-time job

First recorded in 1890–95

First recorded in 1890–95; adjective, adverb use of part time

The reduction in the unemployment levels is largely due to part time jobs and more people simply giving up looking for jobs.

Easley is earning money for the family as a part-time caregiver, through the Veterans Administration.

Two-thirds live with at least one parent who is working at least part time.

If they do, the jobs are low-level, part-time, temporary, insecure, and require supplementing with freelancing.

Lawmakers are often part-time and have business interests that pose conflicts.

The part-time musicians had disappeared for a few hours of sleep before their usual jobs.

He shook his head sadly and went shuffling back to his room, where two of his part-time henchmen were sitting.

He stayed on, teaching part-time, helping out with the work at my place, and seeing his girl.

The part-time workers in a locality are obtained by the wife of the squire or vicar acting as a volunteer registrar.

A few mills had already begun to work on part-time because of trade depression.

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