Flextime
[fleks-tahym] /ˈflɛksˌtaɪm/
noun
1.
a system of working that allows an employee to choose, within limits, the hours for starting and leaving work each day.
n.
1972, translating German Gleitzeit “sliding time.” See flex + time (n.).
noun
Flexible working time that varies as to hours and days worked: flextime for working mothers and fathers in business
[1970s+; fr the trademark of a device used to record the hours an employee works]
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