probationary
/prəˈbeɪʃ(ə)nri
/adjective
1Relating to a process of testing or observing the character or abilities of a person who is new to a role or job: she recently completed her two-year probationary period with the police...
- He is subject to a 12-month probationary period.
- The first 3 months of your employment will be a probationary period.
- On completion of your three month probationary period, you will be eligible for admission into pension scheme.
1.1 Law Relating to the release of an offender from detention subject to a period of good behaviour under supervision: he received a two-year probationary sentence...
- His accomplices received probationary sentences.
- He was sentenced to 10 years detention in a young offenders' institution with a further probationary sentence of five years.
- Offenders who were required to spend time in a halfway house or in a treatment facility at the start of their probationary term were also excluded.
