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temp

[temp] Pronunciation Key Informal.

–noun

1.	temporary (def. 2).

–verb (used without object)

2.	to work as a temporary.

[Origin: 1930–35; by shortening

]

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temp.

1.	temperature.

2.	temporary.

3.	in the time of.

[Origin: < L tempore

]

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temp   (těmp) Pronunciation Key
n.   A temporary worker, as in an office.

intr.v.   temped, temp·ing, temps
To work as a temporary worker.

[Short for temporary worker.]

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temp

1909 (adj.), 1932 (n.), Amer.Eng., shortened form of temporary (job, employee, etc.).

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