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part-time adj.

Occupying less than the entire time appropriate to an activity; as, a part-time job. Opposed to full-time.

Employed for less than the full time usually expended at a task or occupation; as, part-time employees; a part-time teacher. Opposed to full-time. Commonly, thirty-five hours per week or more is considered full-time, and less than 30 is part-time work.

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Etymology of 'Part-time'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Part-time" Quotes from Famous Books

... delayed earning capacity, as she must be prepared to face outlay for several years without much return. During this time she generally augments the income which she gets from her private practice by other part-time paid work, notably by giving lectures in first aid, etc., by school inspection, where part-time officers are appointed, and other such work. She also generally does a certain amount of voluntary work on that most pernicious system of giving her services in order to get known. It ...

— Women Workers in Seven Professions • Edith J. Morley

... for vocational training is equally urgent. Widespread vocational training will democratize the education of the country: (1) by recognizing different tastes and abilities, and by giving an equal opportunity to all to prepare for their lifework; (2) by extending education through part-time and evening instruction to those who are at work in the shop or on the farm." Report of the Commission on National Aid to ...

— The Trade Union Woman • Alice Henry

Words linked to "Part-time" : parttime, irregular, temporary, full-time, odd-job