short-times

Verb

short-time (third-person singular simple present short-times, present participle short-timing, simple past and past participle short-timed)

1. (transitive, human resources) 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
2. (Vietnam) 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
3. (transitive) 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

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