part-time

part-time
ADJ
(The adverb is also spelled part time.)
If someone is a part-time worker or has a part-time job, they work for only part of each day or week.

Many businesses are cutting back by employing lower-paid part-time workers...

Part-time work is generally hard to find...

I'm part-time. I work three days a week.

ADV: ADV after v
Part-time is also an adverb.

I want to work part-time.


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