airtime

plural airtimes

1. countableuncountableThe duration during which a radio or television program (or part of one) is transmitted.

   Can you get me some airtime for my latest single?

2. broadlycountableuncountableThe duration spent talking during a conversation.

   Let them know you’re looking to create a loosely held balance of air time and want to hear from everyone.

   2017 May 17, “Critical to your team's culture: Equal air time”, in SmartBrief, retrieved 15 Sep 2021

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   And all sorts of people who have traditionally been excluded are now being let in and given a voice, and they're pushing you out and reducing your airtime, and threatening your privilege, […]

   2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 109

3. countableuncountableThe chargeable use of a mobile phone, either in minutes or in units dependent on the use or traffic.
4. countableuncountableThe period of freefall after jumping.
5. countableuncountableThe period during which a person riding a rollercoaster or similar ride experiences a feeling of weightlessness.