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full-time equivalent

full-time equivalent noun: the result of a calculation to estimate the effective size of a workforce that may include part-time workers.

Noun

full-time equivalent (plural full-time equivalents, abbreviation FTE)

  1. The result of a calculation to estimate the effective size of a workforce that may include part-time workers.
    • We estimate our work-from-home employees to be 30% of our total full-time equivalents.
    • Many of those are tied to human labour, from the per-hour fees of professional services firms to the per-seat subscriptions of software companies and the “full-time equivalents” (FTEs) that advertising agencies use to calculate fees.2026 April 4, Richard Waters, “AI disruption: who will get hit?”, in FT Weekend (Big Read section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5

full-time equivalent meaning in Tamil

full-time equivalent in Tamil

முழுநேரப் பணிச் சமம்

Forms of full-time equivalent

pluralfull-time equivalents
abbreviationFTE

Questions about full-time equivalent

What does full-time equivalent mean?
Full-time equivalent means the result of a calculation to estimate the effective size of a workforce that may include part-time workers.
What is full-time equivalent in Tamil?
Full-time equivalent in Tamil is முழுநேரப் பணிச் சமம். See Full-time equivalent meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is full-time equivalent?
Full-time equivalent is a noun.
What is the plural of full-time equivalent?
The plural of full-time equivalent is full-time equivalents.

Words near full-time equivalent in the dictionary

  1. full-throated
  2. full-throatedly
  3. full-throttle
  4. full-tilt boogie
  5. full-time
  6. full-time equivalent
  7. full-time equivalents
  8. full-time job
  9. full-timer
  10. full-timers
  11. full-tongued

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Adapted from Wiktionary: full-time equivalent (page history and authors); full-time equivalent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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