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hot desk, n. orig. and chiefly Brit.
Brit. |ˈhɒt dɛsk|, U.S. |ˈhɑt ˌdɛsk|
[‹ hot adj. + desk n. Compare slightly later hot-desk v. hot-desking n.]
A shared office desk or workstation, occupied on a temporary, ad hoc basis or part-time basis, and not allocated permanently to an individual. Cf. hotbed n. 3.
1990Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 16 Apr. (Metro West section) b2/6 We've been playing hot desks... When someone needed a desk, they would just sit down wherever there was one that wasn't being used. 1992Times 18 Nov. 35/1 In facilities management, a basic concept is often given several names. Some in the industry will talk of ‘hot desks’ or the ‘virtual office’, others of ‘free address’ and timesharing. 1995Daily Tel. 30 Jan. 28/4 The current hot topic in management is the hot office or hot desk. It is a neat and sensible idea that had a brief popularity back in the 1970s when I called it the virtual office. 1999Personal Computer World Feb. 72 Once they find a ‘hot desk’ to sit at, they can drop it into its stylish holster and use it to chat to their mates or business contacts. |