Work and business / B1

ful-TYM/ˌfʊl ˈtaɪm/

Full-time means for the whole of the usual working or studying week, not part-time. A full-time job in many UK contracts is around 35–40 hours. HR: overtime is not built into a full-time contract by default.

Meaning

For the whole of the usual working or studying week, not part-time.

Examples

• “A full-time contract is 37.5 hours; overtime is not built in.”
• “A full-time student loan is not the same as a part-time fee status.”

Good to know

a full-time + job / course / contract. Opposite: part-time. Hyphen before a noun. HR / UCAS. Adverb: work full-time (sometimes without hyphen after the verb).

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