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downtime
[ doun-tahym ]
/ ˈdaʊnˌtaɪm /
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noun
a time during a regular working period when an employee is not actively productive.
an interval during which a machine is not productive, as during repair, malfunction, maintenance.
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Also called dead time.
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downtime
/ (ˈdaʊnˌtaɪm) /
noun
commerce time during which a machine or plant is not working because it is incapable of production, as when under repair: the term is sometimes used to include all nonproductive timeCompare idle time
informal time spent not working; spare time
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