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allowed time

noun

Definition of allowed time

1 industrial engineering : standard time
2 : the amount of time an employee is permitted to spend per work cycle for attending to personal needs

— called also time allowance

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First Known Use of allowed time

1904, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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