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PART TIME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does part time mean?
• PART TIME (adjective)
The adjective PART TIME has 1 sense:
1. involving less than the standard or customary time for an activity
Familiarity information: PART TIME used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Involving less than the standard or customary time for an activity
Synonyms:
part-time; part time
Context example:
a part-time job
Similar:
half-time (involving half the standard or customary time for an activity)
irregular; temporary (lacking continuity or regularity)
odd-job (not regular or skilled)
underemployed (employed only part-time when one needs full-time employment or not making full use of your skills)
Context examples
A code qualifying the employment in various ways, such as, full-time vs. part time, etc.
(Employee Job Class, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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