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hot-desk, v. orig. and chiefly Brit.
Brit. |ˈhɒtdɛsk|, U.S. |ˈhɑtˌdɛsk|
[‹ hot desk n. Compare slightly earlier hot-desking n., hot-desker n.]
intr. To practise hot-desking; to work at any of a number of different desks or workstations on a temporary, ad hoc, or part-time basis, rather than routinely occupying one desk permanently; to allocate workspace in this way. Also trans. with it.
1994Computers in Libraries Apr. 42/1 Wherever there is a PC with modem..soon there will be wireless portables..we can work from. It is thus possible to ‘hot-desk’ close to our customers, wherever they are moving to. 1995Evening Standard (Nexis) 13 Oct. 12 There were still insufficient desks and telephones to go round. We were supposed to ‘hot desk it’ with people working shifts. But..everyone seemed to be there all day. 1996W. Gibson Idoru iii. 29 People don't have their own desks. Check a computer and a phone out of the Cage when you come in. Hotdesk it if you need more peripherals. 2000Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 16 Apr. (Seven Days section) 1/1 They work from home, hot-desk in pod-like offices, or just sit in cafes making deals and green-lighting projects. |