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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
lag
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