part-timeadverb, adjective
uk/ˌpɑːtˈtaɪm/us/ˌpɑːrtˈtaɪm/B1 If you work part-time or do part-time work, you work for only some of the day or the week:
a part-time job
After my children were born I decided to go part-time.
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- She's found some part-time secretarial work.
- He is enrolled as a part-time student.
- The EU has issued guidelines on appropriate levels of pay for part-time manual workers.
- I'm doing the course on a part-time basis.
- Wendy is a mother of three and part-time teacher.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Working hours
- after hours idiom
- clock
- clock in
- clock out
- flexible working
- flexitime
- night shift
- nine
- office hours
- opening hours
- opening time
- overtime
- part-timer
- punch
- rush hour
- time clock
- timesheet
- unsocial
- week
- work-life balance
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