temp
an office worker hired, usually through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time; a temporary worker.
to work on a per diem basis or as a temporary employee.
Origin of temp
1Words Nearby temp
Other definitions for temp. (2 of 2)
temperature.
temporary.
in the time of.
Origin of temp.
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How to use temp in a sentence
There have been 61 QBs with multiple starts in freezing temps past 15 seasons.
Bills-Ravens weather forecast: Snow looking like a possibility for Saturday | Matt Bonesteel | January 15, 2021 | Washington PostSleeping out in subzero temps isn’t as pleasant as sleeping in a bed, but it gives you the freedom to travel through deep wilderness in winter.
Plan a Camping Trip for Your Non-Outdoorsy Partner | Blair Braverman | January 12, 2021 | Outside OnlineTracking temps helps astronomers understand how the universe built huge structures, explains Chiang.
Our feverish universe is getting hotter every day | Christopher Crockett | January 11, 2021 | Science News For StudentsShe was hired through a temp agency to unload shipping containers and remembers feeling unprepared to do the job.
A Temp Worker Died on the Job After FedEx Didn’t Fix a Known Hazard. The Fine: $7,000. | by Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism | December 23, 2020 | ProPublicaArctic ground squirrels can survive harsh winters with below-freezing temps by holing up for some eight months without eating.
These Arctic squirrels recycle bits of their own bodies to survive winter | Carolyn Wilke | December 16, 2020 | Science News
That means that if they do hit 1,000 new temp workers, fewer than 150 will work full time.
It notes that of the 380 temp workers hired so far in Ohio, 50 had become full-time employees.
Despite roughly 20 job interviews, and a slew of job applications, he has landed only lower-paying work as a temp.
Actually, I work for a company that mostly employs temp workers, very few long-term employees.
Working in a call center in customer service for peanuts... as a temp.
Millennials Report From the Trenches: High Loans, Low Pay, Few Jobs | Sam Schlinkert | July 18, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was cleansed out again in 1549 at the expense of the trade guilds, and twenty years after, temp.
Bygone London | Frederick RossFuller somewhere in his "Church History" says, that anciently there were in England more sirs than knights; and so lately as temp.
Sally (in excited undertone): Auntie temp, what do you think?
Lincoln Day Entertainments | VariousHenry VI, 281;French descent on south coast, 293;war with, temp.
London and the Kingdom - Volume III | Reginald R. SharpeThe following are extracted from fragments of a book of entries, temp.
British Dictionary definitions for temp (1 of 2)
/ (tɛmp) informal /
a person, esp a typist or other office worker, employed on a temporary basis
(intr) to work as a temp
British Dictionary definitions for temp. (2 of 2)
temperate
temperature
temporary
tempore
Origin of temp.
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