Time is money

Cultural  

1. If we don't use our working time to earn money, we are in effect losing money.

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time is money Idioms  

1. One's time is a valuable commodity, as in I can't stay home and wait any longer; time is money, you know. This proverbial term goes back to one first recorded in 1572, time is precious, in a discourse on usury.

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Example Sentences

Deployment is really fast, and time is money in oil fields.

From Barron's

You’re frustrated because your time is money, especially your leisure time.

From MarketWatch

According to Mrs. Clarke, who reported on the whole situation to Penelope, the admiral grumbled and said, “I’ll wait if I must, but time is money, dear. I need to have more ostriches shipped from Africa as soon as possible, before the bad weather sets in. Wouldn’t want our future champions to be shipwrecked on some unmapped island somewhere and get eaten by cannibals!”

From Literature

Time is money, and project opponents soon realized that they could use this uncertainty to their advantage.

From Los Angeles Times

In the export business, time is money.

From BBC