interimadv.n.adj.
/ˈɪntərɪm/ A. adv.
In the meantime, meanwhile. (Also ad interim adv. and adj., per interim adv. and adj.)
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the world > time > [adverb] > meanwhile
all the whilec888
to whilec950
the whilec960
amongOE
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therewhilesc1320
that whilesc1330
i-whilesa1340
in (that, this, which, etc.) meantime1340
in the meanwhilea1375
(all) the (also this, that) meantimea1382
in the mean season (also space)a1382
the mean seasona1382
the meanwhilea1382
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in the mean(s) whilesc1390
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(in) the meanwhile that?1418
therewhilec1430
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for the meantime1480
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in the while1542
in the mean1565
in the mean way1569
interim1580
in (that, this, which, etc.) meanwhilea1593
meantimea1593
this while1594
mean space1600
among-hands?1609
between (betwixt obsolete or archaic) whiles1647
ad interim1701
per interim1724
interimistically1890
1580 G. Harvey Three Proper Lett. in J. Haslewood Anc. Crit. Ess. Eng. Poets & Poesy (1815) II. 265 Interim, credit me, I dare geue no Preceptes.
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 83 Which yet is so meant; unlesse interim the same spirit expound them, which did dictate them.
1775 B. Arnold Let. 23 May in Cent. Dict. (1889) (at cited word) I hope some gentleman will soon be appointed in my room here...Interim, I am, gentlemen, your most obedient servant.
1804 ‘Gabrielli’ Something Odd! II. 139 Interim, take courage, and make your calculations anew.
B. n.† 2. Something done in an interval; an interlude. by interims: at intervals. Obsolete.† 4. An intervening space, interval. Obsolete.
1. An intervening time, interval of time; the meantime: now usually in in the interim = A.
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the world > time > [phrase] > meanwhile
in the interim1579
meanwhile back at the ranch1940
the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time > period of time between events or interval
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wem1599
parenthesis1600
intermedium1611
betweena1616
fore-while?1615
interpolation1615
vacancya1616
interval1616
interstitium1624
slatcha1625
interspace1629
intermissa1633
between-spacea1641
interregnum1659
intervalea1661
interlapse1666
interlude1751
in-between1815
lapse1817
intermezzo1851
meanwhile1872
1579–80 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1676) 918 The Wars that fell out in the interim were a hindrance.
1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. C2 Physicke is not taken at al times and seasons, continually without interim.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 123 After all sung ioyntly, at interims praying to themselues.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 64 Betweene the acting of a dreadfull thing, And the first motion, all the Interim is Like a Phantasma, or a hideous Dreame. View more context for this quotation
1631 Foxe's Actes & Monuments (ed. 7) III. Contin. 78/1 He knew not what in this interim should be done against England.
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 183 In the interim of these Affairs, Collonel Schenck took by Surprize Bonne.
1795 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1892) XIII. 79 If nothing in the interim casts up.
1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk (1869) 2nd Ser. vii. 140 We imagine all sorts of pleasures in the interim.
1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. iii. 63 There is an interim provided during which the religious view of death can work in the mind calmly.
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the world > time > [adverb] > in the interval or at intervals
betweena1240
amongc1275
betwixta1400
amella1425
betwixt-handsc1568
atween1595
by interims1598
betwixt-times1607
between-whiles1677
between handsc1817
between-times1907
the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time > period of time between events or interval > something happening in
intermedium1589
interim1598
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 169 This childe of Fancie that Armado hight, For interim to our studies shall relate, In high borne wordes the worth of many a Knight. View more context for this quotation
1605 J. Sylvester in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vi. 207 (margin) Made to the Image of God..not all at once, but by interims, first his Bodie, and then his reasonable Soule.
1633 T. James Strange Voy. 44 It did (by interims) snow and blow.
3.
a. A temporary or provisional arrangement, adopted in the meanwhile.
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the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > quality of being temporary or provisional > temporary or provisional arrangement
interim1558
provisorium1850
1558 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1824) I. ii. App. iv. 397 What order be fit..as an interim?
1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Hay any Worke for Cooper B b This may serue for an aunswere.., by way of an Interim.
1791 E. Burke Let. to Member National Assembly in Wks. (1823) VI. 46 Even before it could be done in due form, the chiefs of the nation did not attempt themselves to exercise authority so much as by interim.
1864 J. A. Froude Sci. Hist. in Short Stud. 28 The reconciliation of parties..is no tinkered-up truce or convenient Interim.
b. Church History (with capital I.) A provisional arrangement for the adjustment of religious differences between the German Protestants and the Roman Catholic Church (of which there were three promulgated, one in 1541 and two in 1548) pending a settlement by a General Council.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > sectarianism > schism > [noun] > arrangement for adjustment of differences
interim1548
inter-religion1620
1548 P. Hoby Let. 9 July (BL Harl. MS 353) f. 69v The Emperour, the dyet beinge now finished converteth his whole studie to the setting forth of the Interim.
1548 P. Hoby Let. 9 July (BL Harl. MS 353) f. 69v The iij townes Constance, Argentine, and Lynda..haue not yet graunted unto the Interim.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccij The Emperour..leauing all hope of a counsell, begynneth to set forth his Interim... Bucer refuseth to subscribe to the Interim. The Pope himselfe condemneth the Interim.
1681 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 2nd Pt. i. 86 They drew up all the Points of Religion in a Book, which was best known by the name of the Interim, because it was to last during that Interval, till a General Council should meet in Germany.
1732 D. Neal Hist. Puritans I. ii. 67 All Germany was in a Flame on account of the Interim.
1848 J. Waterworth Canons & Decrees Trent (new ed.) p. cxxvi Charles promulgated, in the Diet of Augsburgh, on the 15th of May, 1548, the celebrated formulary called the interim.
1857 E. B. Pusey Real Presence (1869) i. 62 The ‘Interim’ then proposed for the acceptance of the Catholics and Lutherans was.. drawn up by Gropper.
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1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 79 In the interim being annexed on both sides to the bone of the Genæ.
5. An interim dividend.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > profit to be shared > share of profits > received by individual > type of
bonus1759
interim1930
carried interest1986
1930 Daily Express 6 Nov. 14/2 An interim of 5 per cent. actual was declared in May.
1935 Economist 14 Sept. 527/2 Associated Portland Cement had decided to pay the first interim in its history, at the rate of 5 per cent.
1964 Financial Times 10 Feb. 8/1 On Wednesday an interim is expected from Triplex Holdings.
C. adj.
Done, made, provided, occurring, etc. in or for the meantime; provisional, temporary. Formerly also of time: Intervening.
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the world > time > [adjective] > intervening
middlea1200
meana1382
interloping1603
interim1604
intercurrent1611
odd1618
intermediate1623
intervenient1629
intermedian1656
interveninga1781
interstitial1841
the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adjective] > temporary or provisional
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pro tempore1649
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non-permanent1782
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caretaker1945
1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore v. ii. 105 How shall the Interim houres by vs be spent.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. §67 173 Amusements only to consume the interim Time.
1808 J. Bentham Sc. Reform 112 To regulate all matters relating to interim possession.
1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xii. 75 The Court has power to make interim orders for payment of alimony for the wife.
1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 247 The interim dividend of gross receipts.
1882 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. (1893) 154 Interim dividends are permissible only when the finances of a Company are in so sound a condition as to place the annual balance beyond doubt.
1905 Daily Chron. 21 June 4/3 The Committee should..be invited to present an interim Report.
1950 T. S. Eliot Cocktail Party iii. 145 We have just drawn up an interim report.
1968 J. Lock Lady Policeman xviii. 149 A four-week interim order was made so that enquiries could continue.
1972 Accountant 17 Aug. 197/1 What would happen if that same company deferred the interim dividend.
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interim management n. temporary executive control of a business or other (esp. financial) concern; temporary managers collectively; (also) the practice of employing managers on a temporary basis, esp. to direct specific projects.
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1952 C. McKinley Uncle Sam in Pacific Northwest vi. 279 Lands withdrawn for entry because of their potential use for irrigation by the Bureau of Reclamation have been placed under the interim management of the grazing district wherever they lie.
1977 Fortune Oct. 2/1 Together, as ‘interim management’, they had nursed ailing Lockheed back to health.
1984 WWD 12 Mar. 8/2 The store also has no president and currently is being run by what is described as an interim management team.
1997 Sunday Tel. 25 Jan. (Appointments section) 28/2 In the Netherlands and Scandinavia, interim management is well-established and distinct from consultancy, but in the UK some half of the respondents to Barton's survey had not heard of it.
2001 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 29 Mar. 18 The shop did not thrive under the interim management and its future looked bleak.
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interim manager n. a person who assumes control temporarily, esp. one who takes temporary executive control of a business or other financial concern; a temporary or caretaker manager.
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1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vi. vi. 101 The Hanover Commissioners decided to seize the very Residenz Cities (Schwerin and Domitz) from this mad Duke, and make the country clear of him,—his Brother being Interim Manager always, under countenance of the Commissioners.
1960 Boston Globe 11 June 15/6 Official notice of his being bounced was sent Jurges by air-mail... Del Baker remains as ‘interim manager’ but there was no indication for how long.
1964 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 70 73/1 The 1960 Red Sox had an interim manager, a coach, for five days before a new manager took over; and the 1959 Red Sox had an interim manager, also a coach, for only a few hours.
2001 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 Mar. iii. 11/1 The office manager has transferred, and the interim manager had wanted nothing to do with supervision of personnel.
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interim injunction n. Law an injunction granted by a court pending the final outcome of a case, with the purpose of preserving the parties' rights until that outcome is reached, esp. such an injunction preventing a party from doing a particular act.
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1823 Observer 7 July 2/2 An interim injunction to prevent his being disturbed in possession.
1878 Manch. Guardian 16 Aug. 4/5 The Registrar granted four interim injunctions to restrain proceedings.
1930 Times 27 May 15/2 [He] has obtained an interim injunction against the Karachi Municipality.
2017 Mint (New Delhi) (Nexis) 1 Mar. The Madras high court granted an interim injunction restraining Coca-Cola and PepsiCo from using the waters.
Draft additions September 2017
interim judgment n. Law a court decision which is provisional or deals with only part of a disputed matter.
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1830 J. Parker Notes on Law of Arbitration in Scotl. (ed. 2) ix. 162 It is generally ultra vires to give an interim judgment, unless the deed of submission contains direct authority from the parties.
1913 North-China Herald 25 Jan. 277/1 The plaintiffs consented to an interim judgement against them.
1964 Jrnl. Afr. Law 8 131 The court in an interim judgment considered the question as to which statute of limitation was applicable.
2016 Building (Nexis) 4 May This is an interim judgment and as the court case is continuing it would be inappropriate for us to comment.
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