flexitime

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noun

An arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours within agreed limits; normally must include certain periods (core time) when they must be at work.

Similar
flexible timeglide time
OriginEnglish time ← Middle English tyme ← Old English tīma →
RareScrabble 21
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Meanings

nounflexitime (usually uncountable, plural flexitimes)

plural flexitimes · alternative flexi time · alternative flexi-time · alternative flextime · alternative flex-time

  1. uncountableusuallyhuman resourcesbusinessAn arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours within agreed limits; normally must include certain periods (core time) when they must be at work.

    Even if the company rule book says that flexitime is allowed, those who work from home are seen as uncommitted to the team.

    2011 November 5, “Land of the wasted talent”, in The Economist

    Synonyms: flexible time, glide time

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours within agreed limits; normally must include certain periods (core time) when they must be at work.

Similar
flexible timeglide time
Also see
flexible timeglide time

Origin

  1. Englishflexi(ble)
  2. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂y-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dih₂-mon-
  5. Proto-Germanic*tīmô
  6. Proto-West Germanic*tīmō
  7. Old Englishtīma
  8. Middle Englishtyme
  9. Englishtime
  10. Englishflexitime

From flexi(ble) + time.

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Translations

Danish flexitid
  • flexitidarrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours
Finnish liukuva työaika
  • liukuva työaikaarrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours
German Gleitzeit
  • Gleitzeitarrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours
Malay masa boleh ubah
  • masa boleh ubaharrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours
Norwegian Bokmål fleksitid
  • fleksitidarrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours
Romanian ore flexibile
  • ore flexibilearrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours
Russian гибкий график, свободный режим рабочего дня
  • гибкий график (gibkij grafik)arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours
  • свободный режим рабочего дня (svobodnyj režim rabočevo dnja)arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours
Swedish flextid
  • flextidarrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours
Cite this entry
APA

flexitime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flexitime

MLA

“flexitime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flexitime. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flexitime,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flexitime.

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