part-time has definitions from the field of work
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[ adjective ] (work) involving less than the standard or customary time for an activity

Examples

"part-time employees" "a part-time job"

Used in print

([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)

Are there possibilities of having cafeteria help work part-time on custodial or other jobs ?

Can part-time drivers be assigned to other productive work ?

If you have a full-time doctor now , can he be replaced with a part-time doctor or one who serves on a fee per case basis only ?

(Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)

It may not be profitable for a part-time farmer to own the labor-saving machinery that a full-time farmer can invest in profitably .

The high cost of land , supplies , and labor make it difficult to farm profitably on a part-time basis .

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[ adverb ] for less than the standard number of hours

Synonyms

half-time

Examples

"he works part-time"

Related terms

full-time

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