From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtemptemp1 /temp/ noun [countable] BOWORKERan office worker who is only employed temporarily
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temp• I am currently working as a temp, so any contributions to the fund will be minimal until I find full-time employment.• But the part-time employee whom Kelly sent was not your average temp.• Some were lost by hapless temps.• The topper is, they hired temps to do my day job.• As teams of temps struggled to cope with the mounting chaos, Jackson tried to keep the Equal Opportunities flame burning.temptemp2 verb [intransitive] BOWORK/DO WORKto work as a temp Carol’s temping until she can find another job.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
temp• Tricia decided to temp when her youngest child started nursery full time.From Longman Business Dictionarytemptemp1 /temp/ noun [countable]HUMAN RESOURCESJOB a person, especially a secretary, who is employed to work in an office for only a short or limited period of time while someone is absent or while there is a lot of work to doThere is a shortage of good temps in London.We’ve got a temp in this week.a temp agency (=a business that supplies temps, especially secretaries)temptemp2 verb [intransitive]HUMAN RESOURCES especially British English to work as a tempHe has been temping for an accountancy firm.→ See Verb tableOrigin temp1 (1900-2000) temporary 