short time

noun

1. a period or schedule during which the number of working hours is reduced.

   The recession has put most of the manufacturing plants on short time.

short time

noun

1. a system of working, usually for a temporary period, when employees are required to work and be paid for fewer than their normal hours per week due to a shortage of work

Other Word Forms

• short-time adjective

Example Sentences

Despite only being in professional sumo for a short time, he has gained fans in Japan and worldwide with his impressive skills, constant improvement and competitiveness.

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In a short time, the style transcended architecture to influence the design sensibility of home interiors, furniture, fonts, jewellery and some of the world's most iconic cinema halls - from Radio City Music Hall in New York City to Regal, Liberty and Eros cinemas in Mumbai.

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Gennaco was hired a short time later.

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“You only had a short time to speak so there’s a pressure to talk even if no one can hear you,” she added, saying that some delegates were shouting into microphones just to be heard.

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But even that small sum would enable him to pay the quarter’s rent, and then give him a short time, if only two or three weeks, of mental rest.

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Related Words

• moment 
• second