What does temp mean?

Definitions for temp
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. temp, temporary, temporary workernoun

    a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis

Wiktionary

  1. tempnoun

    a temporary employee, usually in an office

  2. tempverb

    To work as a temporary employee.

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  1. temp

    Temp is short for temporary. In a work setting, a temp is an individual who works for a company on a short-term basis, often through a temp agency. This is typically due to another employee's absence or to fulfill certain duties or projects. In other contexts, 'temp' might refer to temperature, which is a measure of the hotness or coldness of an object or substance.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. TEMP

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Temp is ranked #123064 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Temp surname appeared 140 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Temp.

    91.4% or 128 total occurrences were White.
    4.2% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of temp in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of temp in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of temp in a Sentence

  1. Elizabeth Bunn:

    You literally can walk into almost any non-union manufacturing plant in the United States and you'll see workers working on a line and not be able to distinguish who is temp from an agency and who is a direct employee of the company.

  2. Elizabeth Bunn:

    You literally can walk into almost any non-union manufacturing plant in the United States and you ’ll see workers working on a line and not be able to distinguish who is temp from an agency and who is a direct employee of the company.

  3. Lauren Ferrara:

    A lot of clients are telling us' We don't care if its temp or contract work or full-time, we are flexible to whatever the candidate wants,'.

  4. Paul Light:

    We don't have the information to make sure the right person is in the right job at the right price for the maximum performance, we know nothing about these contractors, especially in the temp agencies. They come and go, come and go. I think that speaks to a blind spot, especially in a department like VA.

  5. Celene Perez:

    What is also significant is that Warehouse Workers Resource Center applies to temp workers as well as direct employers. The complaint made very clear that California Cartage and Orient Tally violated the rights of both workers.

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