part-time

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noun

a period of time that is less than the usual or full time.

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Origin:
1890–95

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adjective

employed to work, used, expected to function, etc., less than the usual or full time: a part-time clerk.

lasting, requiring, or being in force only a part of the time: part-time employment; part-time jobs.

adverb

on a part-time basis: to work part-time.

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Origin:
1890–95; adj., adv. use of part time

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World English Dictionary

part-time

—*adj*
1.	for less than the entire time appropriate to an activity: a part-time job; a part-time waitress

—*adv*
2.	on a part-time basis: he works part time

part-'timer

—n

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Word Origin & History

part-time

1891, from part (n.) + time.

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Example sentences

Somehow, watching television became a part-time job for every citizen in the

developed world.

Now their only source of income was from her husband's part-time job parking

rental cars.

For part-time firemen who get paid by the blaze, the odd bit of arson can be a

handy way to generate cash flow.