part time

[ pahrt-tahym ]

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

Origin of part time

1
First recorded in 1890–95

Other definitions for part-time (2 of 2)

part-time
[ adjective pahrt-tahym; adverb pahrt-tahym ]

adjective
  1. employed, functioning, or working less than the customary or requisite number of hours: They had only enough money to hire a part-time clerk.

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

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

Origin of part-time

2
First recorded in 1890–95; adjective, adverb use of part time

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How to use part time in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for part-time

part-time

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

adverbpart time
  1. on a part-time basis: he works part time

Derived forms of part-time

  • part-timer, noun

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