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in·ter·im

(ĭn′tər-ĭm)

An interval of time between one event, process, or period and another.

adj.

Belonging to, serving during, or taking place during an intermediate interval of time; temporary: an interim agreement. See Synonyms at temporary.

[From Latin, in the meantime; see en in Indo-European roots.]

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interim

(ˈɪntərɪm)

adj

(prenominal) temporary, provisional, or intervening: interim measures to deal with the emergency.

the interim the intervening time; the meantime (esp in the phrase in the interim)

adv

rare meantime

[C16: from Latin: meanwhile]

Interim

(ˈɪntərɪm)

(Historical Terms) any of three provisional arrangements made during the Reformation by the German emperor and Diet to regulate religious differences between Roman Catholics and Protestants

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in•ter•im

(ˈɪn tər əm)

n.

1. an intervening time; interval; meantime: in the interim.

2. a temporary or provisional arrangement.

adj.

3. for, during, or connected with an intervening period of time; temporary; provisional: an interim order.

[1540–50; < Latin: in the meantime]

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Noun	1.	interim - the time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government" meantime, meanwhile, lag interval, time interval - a definite length of time marked off by two instants interregnum - the time between two reigns, governments, etc.
Adj.	1.	interim - serving during an intermediate interval of time; "an interim agreement" impermanent, temporary - not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing"

interim

adjective

1. temporary, provisional, makeshift, acting, passing, intervening, caretaker, improvised, transient, stopgap, pro tem an interim report

noun

1. interval, meanwhile, meantime, respite, interregnum, entr'acte He was to remain in jail in the interim.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

interim

noun

An interval during which continuity is suspended:

break, gap, hiatus, lacuna, void.

adjective

1. Intended, used, or present for a limited time:

impermanent, provisional, short-range, short-term, temporary.

2. Temporarily assuming the duties of another:

acting, ad interim, pro tem, provisional, temporary.

Translations

derweil vorläufig

intervalle provisoire temporaire

temporaneo interim nel frattempo

interim

[ˈɪntərɪm]

A. N in the interim → en el ínterin or interín

B. ADJ [president] → interino, provisional; [measure, government, report, result] → provisional

C. CPD interim dividend N → dividendo m a cuenta
interim payment N → pago m a cuenta
the interim period N → el ínterin or interín
interim profits NPL (Fin, Comm) → beneficios mpl trimestrales

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

interim

[ˈɪntərɪm]

adj

[dividend, profits, report, results] → provisoire
The committee plans to publish an interim report by the end of July → Le comité prévoit de publier un rapport provisoire fin juillet.

[government, administration] → par intérim
She was sworn in as head of an interim government in March → Elle a prêté serment en tant que chef du gouvernement par intérim en mars dernier.

[chief, prime minister] → par intérim
Our interim chief of customer services → Notre chef du service clients par intérim

n
in the interim → dans l'intérim

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

interim

n → Zwischenzeit f, → Interim nt (geh); in the interim → in der Zwischenzeit

adj → vorläufig; interim agreement/solution → Übergangsabkommen nt → /-lösung f; interim report → Zwischenbericht m; interim government/president → Interims- or Übergangsregierung f → /-präsident(in) m(f); interim period → Zwischenzeit f; (= transitional) → Übergangszeit f; interim payment → Interimszahlung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

interim

[ˈɪntərɪm]

1. n in the interim → nel frattempo

2. adj (report) → provvisorio/a; (government) → ad interim
interim dividend (Comm) → acconto di dividendo

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

interim

n. L. interim, entretanto.

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"There are no interims, sire, but for twenty or thirty men who rest out of a hundred and twenty.

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And as by the 16th article of the company's agreement, they were authorized to abandon this undertaking, and dissolve the concern, if before the period of five years it should be found unprofitable, they now formally announced their intention to do so on the 1st day of June, of the ensuing year, unless in the interim they should receive the necessary support and supplies from Mr.

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And in practice there is little reason to apprehend any inconvenience; because, in a short course of time, the wants of the States will naturally reduce themselves within A VERY NARROW COMPASS; and in the interim, the United States will, in all probability, find it convenient to abstain wholly from those objects to which the particular States would be inclined to resort.

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When she entered the house she perceived in a moment from her mother's triumphant manner that something had occurred in the interim.

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on Tuesday, if no Post- office order is in the interim received from Nicodemus Boffin, Esquire; arriving after a quarter to one P.M.

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But in the interim--in the interim of the very few hours that were to pass, before I could have an opportunity of speaking with her in private-- a circumstance occurred--an unlucky circumstance, to ruin all my resolution, and with it all my comfort.

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These were a couple of rascals who got their living by whatever the devil sent them, and now, in the interim of other business, had staked the joint profits of their next piece of villany on a game of cards, which was to have been decided here under the trees.

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Oliva, general ad interim of the Society of Jesus, my provisional successor.

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Karnegie, upon that, attempted to compromise the matter by looking, in the interim, at his own boots.

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But no, thank heaven, both man and horse were gone, and nothing was left to witness against me but two objects - unpleasant enough in themselves to be sure, and presenting a very ugly, not to say murderous appearance - in one place, the hat saturated with rain and coated with mud, indented and broken above the brim by that villainous whip-handle; in another, the crimson handkerchief, soaking in a deeply tinctured pool of water - for much rain had fallen in the interim.

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Fairfax in the interim of my absence: the party at the hall was dispersed; Mr.

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The interim had been one of great peace for Meriem.

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