PART TIME Definition & Meaning

part time

[ pahrt tahym ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

part-time

[ adjective pahrt-tahym; adverb pahrt-tahym ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

employed, functioning, or working less than the customary or requisite number of hours:
They had only enough money to hire a part-time clerk.
lasting, requiring, or being in force only a part of the time:
part-time employment;
part-time jobs.

adverb

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

part-time

adjective

for less than the entire time appropriate to an activity
a part-time waitress
a part-time job

adverb

on a part-time basis
he works part time

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Derived Forms

ˌ�貹��-ˈ�پ��, noun

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of part time¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Origin of part time²

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

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Example Sentences

I work only part time since my kids are so young.

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Now 29, Rosie says she still has high and low periods, but adds that she is far more stable and is able to work part time.

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The company was founded in 1997 by Zhang Hongchao, a student at Henan University of Finance and Economics, as a part time job to help his family's finances.

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It was the summer of 2001 and the job was only part time: on an assembly line, applying an anti-fog, anti-scratch coating to face shields for workers in other industries.

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“Back then, it felt like it was a very top-down approach by the SEIU. I wasn’t involved, but I knew it was happening,” said Scott Uriu, who has taught part time in the USC School of Architecture for 14 years and supports unionization.

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