Interim

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Interim \In"ter*im\, n. [L., fr. inter between + im, an old
     accusative of is he, this, that.]
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     1. The meantime; time intervening; interval between events,
        etc.
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              All the interim is
              Like a phantasms, or a hideous dream. --Shak.
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     2. (Hist.) A name given to each of three compromises made by
        the emperor Charles V. of Germany for the sake of
        harmonizing the connecting opinions of Protestants and
        Catholics.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  interim
       adj : serving during an intermediate interval of time; "an interim
             agreement"
       n : the time between one event, process, or period and another
           [syn: {lag}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  100 Moby Thesaurus words for "interim":
     abeyance, acting, ad interim, afterthought, bind, block, blockage,
     breach, break, bureaucratic delay, caesura, cease-fire, cessation,
     clearance, day off, delay, delayage, delayed reaction, detention,
     discontinuity, distance between, double space, double take,
     dragging, drop, em space, en space, fissure, freeboard, gap,
     hair space, half space, halt, hang-up, hesitation, hiatus,
     hindrance, holdup, holiday, interlude, intermediate space,
     intermezzo, intermission, intermittence, interruption, interspace,
     interstice, interval, jam, jump, lacuna, lag, lagging, lapse,
     layoff, leap, leeway, letup, logjam, lull, margin, moratorium,
     obstruction, paperasserie, pause, pro, provisional, provisory,
     recess, red tape, red-tapeism, red-tapery, remission, reprieve,
     respite, rest, retardance, retardation, room, single space,
     slow-up, slowdown, slowness, space, space between, stand-down,
     stay, stay of execution, stop, stoppage, supply, suspension,
     temporary, tentative, tie-up, time interval, time lag, truce,
     vacation, wait
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  INTERIM. In the mean time; in the meanwhile. For example, one appointed 
  between the time that a person is made bankrupt, to act in the place of the 
  assignee until the assignee shall be appointed, is an assignee ad interim. 2 
  Bell's Com. 355.