part-time ˌpart-ˈtime adjective JOBS
someone who has a part-time job only works for part of the week:
• The forestry projects will generate part-time and seasonal employment.
— part-time adverb :
• 31% of women work part-time.
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part-time UK US /ˌpɑːtˈtaɪm/ adjective HR, WORKPLACE
► for only some of the hours of the week that people normally work, not all of them: »
I am retiring in May but will continue doing some self-employed part-time work.
»a part-time job
»More and more people are setting up part-time businesses at home.
»He will stay on at the company as a part-time consultant.
»She has returned to work on a part-time basis.
part-time adverb
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Many people prefer to work part-time.
Financial and business terms. 2012.