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part-time

adverb, adjective
 
 
/ˌpɑːtˈtaɪm/ US  /ˌpɑːrt-/

Definition

B1 If you work part-time or do part-time work, you work for only some of the day or the week: a part-time job After my children were born I decided to go part-time. → Compare full-timeWorking hours and periods of workWork, working and the workplace
(Definition of part-time adverbadjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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