part-workn.
/ˈpɑːtwəːk/, U.S. /ˈpɑrtˌwərk/ 1. Part-time work.
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society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > full- or part-time
full time1821
short time1848
half-time1861
part-work1917
1917 Times 1 Mar. 2/7 (advt.) General servant wanted for part work (house).
1948 Jrnl. Politics 10 692 The income of part-work and slow work then may be quite sufficient to buy at artificially low prices all that the consumer is allowed to have.
1966 Economist 26 Mar. 1231/1 One of the aims of the part-work system is to increase the sum of technically trained people in the rural areas.
2001 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 5 Oct. 13 The $150 million will be extremely valuable to Ansett's administrators but [not] the 17,000 employees currently living on part-work.
2. A book or periodical published in parts. Frequently attributive.
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society > communication > printing > publishing > a publication > [noun] > a serial or part publication
serial1834
part1842
serialism1847
part-work1969
1969 Times 13 Mar. 20/7 (advt.) Part work publishing.
1975 Nature 24 Jan. 227/2 Dr. Magnus Pyke..currently to be seen on British television, advertising the appearance of a new partwork about science.
2001 Retail Newsagent 7 July 23/2 As my wholesaler now requires two issues' notice for me to stop any part works I have to ask myself if it is going to be in my best interest to continue dealing in partworks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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