short time

American  

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.

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short time British  

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

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Other Word Forms

• short-time adjective

Example Sentences

In a very short time, Jim Legxacy has risen "from poverty to pop star".

From BBC

Mamdani should focus on the policies for which he can lay out tangible goals in a relatively short time frame, Hagelgans said.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We've never seen anything like this: so many deaths in such a short time, in such a small area," Bellanger said.

From Barron's

Among the 2014 My Ride columns is the story of Andy Killorin of Weybridge, Vt., and his 1923 Duesenberg Model A. His grandfather bought this car in 1948 and worked for a short time at the Duesenberg factory in Indianapolis in 1929-30.

From The Wall Street Journal

This seasonality was first identified by the market technician Yale Hirsch, who noted that the broad U.S. market gains about 1.3% on average over this short time period.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

• moment
• second