interim

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Holding a position or in use only for a short time until a permanent arrangement is made.

   They appointed an interim manager until the director returns.

2. 2
   noun

   The period of time between two events.

   His car is in the shop, so they gave him a rental to drive in the interim.

Simplified etymology

Interim comes from Latin interim, meaning “meanwhile.” English first used it in the mid-16th century for a provisional religious settlement in Germany, then extended it to other temporary arrangements and finally to an intervening period of time.

From Latin interim (“meanwhile”).

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