part-time

[ adjective pahrt-tahym; adverb pahrt-tahym ]

/ adjective ˈpɑrtˌtaɪm; adverb ˈpɑrtˈtaɪm /

employed to work, used, expected to function, etc., less than the usual or full time: a part-time clerk.

lasting, requiring, or being in force only a part of the time: part-time employment; part-time jobs.

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

Compare full-time.

Origin of part-time

First recorded in 1890–95; adj., adv. use of part time

part time

a period of time that is less than the usual or full time.

Compare full time.

First recorded in 1890–95

Easley is earning money for the family as a part-time caregiver, through the Veterans Administration.

When the War Comes Home |Sara Stewart |October 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
If they do, the jobs are low-level, part-time, temporary, insecure, and require supplementing with freelancing.

How to Get Laid in Brooklyn a la Adelle Waldman’s Nifty Novel of Manners |Tom LeClair |July 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Lawmakers are often part-time and have business interests that pose conflicts.

Who’s Watching Your Statehouse? No One. |Eleanor Clift |July 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
However, reports that she is to take a part-time presenting role for the channel have been dismissed.

Pippa Gives First TV Interview To Matt Lauer |Tom Sykes |June 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

This week he was fired from his part-time position teaching French at an Ohio Christian college, which found the ad in poor taste.

The Boehner-Haters Are Back With a Vengeance |David Freedlander |April 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I was helper on a truck and part-time mechanic; mechanic helper.

Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
He shook his head sadly and went shuffling back to his room, where two of his part-time henchmen were sitting.

Police Your Planet |Lester del Rey
The Land Army of Women, which now numbers over 258,300 whole and part-time workers, has done splendid work.

Women and War Work |Helen Fraser
Alan Russell, Crestwood's part-time bookkeeper, broke from the crowd and came to Ted's side.

Double Challenge |James Arthur Kjelgaard
It wasn't until early on the morning of the third day after Howley's arrest that I got a tip-off from one of my part-time spies.

...Or Your Money Back |Gordon Randall Garrett

part-time

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

on a part-time basis he works part time

Compare full-time

part-timer, noun