[
US
/ˈpɑɹtˈtaɪm/
]
ADVERB
-
for less than the standard number of hours
he works part-time
ADJECTIVE
-
involving less than the standard or customary time for an activity
part-time employees
a part-time job
How To Use part-time In A Sentence
- It was a beautiful wooden skiff, with a little outboard motor, perfect for his part-time second occupation of working a few pots to catch crustacea to sell to local pubs and restaurants.
- There is an artistic and literary set, some of whom have swapped city life for part-time commuting. Times, Sunday Times
- He also worked part-time at a satellite uplink station.
- It will not matter, however, whether the part-timer or the full-timer are working on fixed-term or permanent contracts.
- The company employs six full-timers and one part-time worker.
- The farmer, the papers had said, was a part-time policeman, a member of the Protestant Ulster Defence Regiment, the UDR. DEATH OF AN UNKNOWN MAN
- An unstated portion of these gains were in part-time employment.
- A new initiative has been started to recruit part-time research students, initially from the graduates of the M.Ed degree programme.
- He became part-time chairman to find a new owner for the debt-ridden club. Times, Sunday Times
- In a major federal survey, one-third of the men and women interviewed said they would work part-time if possible.
