short-time
short-time adjective: lasting a short time; of short duration.
Adjective
short-time (comparative more short-time, superlative most short-time)
- Lasting a short time; of short duration.
- The average rate on short-time loans, based on these bank reports, is 10.75 per cent.1913 September, Meyer Jacobstein, “Farm Credit in a Northwestern State”, in The American Economic Review, volume 3, page 601
- The hue and cry against the short-time test was started by breed competitors and was largely a matter of sour grapes, and breeders who listen to this cry are simply playing into the hands of their enemies. Whatever valid objections there ever may have been to the short-time test made early in the...1914, “Editorials”, in Holstein-Friesian World, volume 11, page 546
- Occurring with a short time of a specific event.
- In this higher approximation to the short-time effects, the shock is no longer stationary or trapped unless it is supported by a negative steady-flow back pressure;1952, Technical Note - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
- The degree to which short-time changes in price are associated with short-time changes in supply of and demand for butter provides some basis for appraising the pricing system.1957, Robert William March, Elsie Ruth de Noyer Anderson, Jack Eldon Klein, Analysis of Short-time Changes in the Price of Butter at Chicago, page 2
- Pertaining to work that has been short-timed.
- The short-time weekly benefit amount shall be the product of the regular weekly unemployment compensation amount multiplied by the percentage of reduction of at least 10 percent in the individual's usual weekly hours of work.1984, Ramelle MaCoy, Martin J. Morand, Short-time Compensation: A Formula for Work Sharing, page 206
- He is nevertheless entitled to the short-time weekly benefit amount of $30.00 regardless of the partial benefit provisions.1987, Esther R. Johnson, Short-time Compensation: A Handbook of Basic Source Material, page 16
- Of a sex worker, engaging customers for a brief sexual encounter rather than an extended period such as the whole night.
- [A]ll the wise young men and old foolish devils on the Northside who didn’t fancy paying for a high time with the worldly short-time Army whores of Chadla’s brothels.1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 46
Verb
short-time (third-person singular simple present short-times, present participle short-timing, simple past and past participle short-timed)
- To reduce the amount of workhours in a given time period.
- The United Steelworkers have estimated that some 40,000 workers have been laid off and that many more have been short-timed.1962, I.U.D. Bulletin - Volume 7, page 13
- I had been there six months when a lot of workers were short-timed.1989, Ellen Smith, Memories of a Country Girlhood, page 122
- To hire or be hired as a sex worker for the time period that ends when ejaculation is reached.
- A freelance prostitute who was named the Indian Princess for the Indian costume she wore was a legend in Tong Du Chon. This young lady only “short-timed” officers generally in the rank of major or above.2011, Herbie R. Taylor, A Boy from Barnhart: Times Remembered, page 316
- Thien even stole money from a farang who short-timed her and then passed out in his hotel room.2013, Christopher R. Cox, A Good Death, page 119
- To cut short the duration of something.
- But our poet's happiness was short-timed, for both mother and child died shortly after, and both were buried in our church.1890 October, T.C. Noble, “John Milton in Westminster”, in The Bookmart, volume 7, page 203
- Marital felicity was short-timed.1900, Allen Culling Clark, Thomas Law: A Biographical Sketch, page 10
Examples of short-time in a sentence
- It will be a reasonable requirement to insist that short-time users pay their charges in advance and that unless paid in advance before the tenth of the month the company may discontinue service.1915, American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Legal Department, Commission Leaflet, page 526:
- To borrow some terminology from statistical physics, we are interested here in the “quenched” short-time behavior of p_y, as opposed to its "annealed" behavior.1998, Richard Bucher Sowers, Short-Time Geometry of Random Heat Kernels, page 6:
- Lines represent short-time trajectories with travelling time T < 14 days.2017, Cang Hui, David M. Richardson, Invasion Dynamics:
- Although their courtship had been short-timed the way of the Lord had fortunately endowed him with the integrity of this emancipated female partner.2000, Patrick R. Penland, Narcissus Spurned: Lest the Pool Stir, Unnoticed, page 9:
Forms of short-time
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more short-time |
| superlative | most short-time |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | short-times |
| present participle | short-timing |
| past participle | short-timed |
| past | short-timed |
Origin of short-time
From short time.
Questions about short-time
- What does short-time mean?
- Short-time means lasting a short time; of short duration.
- How do you use short-time in a sentence?
- It will be a reasonable requirement to insist that short-time users pay their charges in advance and that unless paid in advance before the tenth of the month the company may discontinue service.
- What part of speech is short-time?
- Short-time can be an adjective or a verb.
Words near short-time in the dictionary
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