fixed-term

adjective

Only lasting for a pre-arranged time.

“Have you got an indefinite or a fixed-term contract of employment?”

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivefixed-term (comparative more fixed-term, superlative most fixed-term)

comparative more fixed-term · superlative most fixed-term · alternative fixed term

  1. Only lasting for a pre-arranged time.

    Have you got an indefinite or a fixed-term contract of employment?

    1 more example

    This is fixed-term in the sense that the duration is not unlimited but is limited by the time it takes to complete a task.

    2003, John G. Duddington, Employment Law, page 184
Cite this entry
APA

fixed-term. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fixed-term

MLA

“fixed-term.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fixed-term. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fixed-term,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fixed-term.

Source: fixed-term on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.