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

After a succession of a few other news directors in a short time, Hultman was appointed as news director himself late in 1972 — while still anchoring on the air. —Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026

When Newhouse left to become a columnist with the Contra Costa Times for a short time, Poole was offered and accepted a job as a Tribune columnist. —Jon Becker, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026

In her short time on the board, Vasquez has been a vocal critic of ICE enforcement in Chicago, helping pass a resolution calling for county offices to notify commissioners of any immigration enforcement agent sightings. —A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026

The recognition of impact craters on the Earth is difficult, said Koeberl, because active geological and atmospheric processes on our planet tend to obscure or erase the impact record in geologically short time periods. —Leonard David, Space.com, 14 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for short time

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