part-timeadj.adv.
/ˌpɑːtˈtʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈpɑr(t)ˈtaɪm/ A. adj.
Employed, occurring, lasting, etc., for part of the time or for less than the customary time, esp. for less than the usual working day or week. Cf. full time n., adv., and adj.
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the world > time > [adjective] > part-time
part-time1856
society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [adjective] > full- or part-time
full time1834
full-timed1853
part-time1856
all-time1930
1856 Statist. Information Industry in Massachusetts (Office of Secretary of State, Massachusetts) 312 Saddle, Harness and Trunk Manufactories, 1; val. of saddles, &c., $300; cap., $200; emp[loyees]., 1, part time.
1891 East. Daily Press 26 Aug. 2/1 Wanted, a Part-time Girl, (15), for housework.
1896 Daily News 30 Oct. 10/5 Gentleman..open to part-time engagement to manage the advertising of a cycle firm.
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 May 380/3 The legislation of 1919..has put some 10,000 small farmers and 20,000 men upon part-time and spare-time holdings.
1955 Times 1 July 10/7 The chairman need devote only part of his time to the board. Most of the members should be part-time.
1973 Fisheries Fact Sheet (Environment Canada Fisheries & Marine Service) No. 1. 4/3 Winter fishing..is carried on by teams of men, many of whom are only part-time fishermen.
2000 Daily Tel. 21 Feb. 9/8 He was one of the first two practising solicitors to become a QC in 1997 and has sat as a part-time deputy High Court judge.
B. adv.
Not as one's exclusive occupation or activity; so as to take up fewer than the customary number of working hours.
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the world > time > [adverb] > part-time
part-time1922
1922 Jrnl. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 18 107 The week's earnings are recorded for every woman employed in the plant, thus eliminating much chance of an unusual proportion of women who have worked part-time.
1965 M. Morse Unattached i. 33 She began studying part-time for G.C.E. ‘O’ levels.
2002 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 15 Sept. v. 5/2 She has spent 12 months working part time, for a charter airline.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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