short time

noun

British

: a work schedule in which an employee works fewer hours than usual

The company hasn't laid anyone off, but a number of employees have been put on short time.

Examples of short time in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The president’s eagerness to put a short time limit on the war comes as polls suggest there is little public appetite for an extended conflict. —Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026

For a short time it was used by the sheriff’s department and has been vacant for many years. —Janet Kusterer, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2026

With Colorado on its fourth power play a short time later, Brock Faber’s hard shot from behind his own net caused a Colorado turnover in the neutral zone, springing Sturm on a shorthanded breakaway and giving the visitors the lead. —Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026

Margaret, a short time ago, a bomblet from one of those cluster munitions landed in that building behind me. —CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for short time

• airtime
• bedtime
• daytime
• downtime
• enzyme
• halftime
• lifetime
• longtime
• lunchtime
• mealtime
• meantime
• nighttime