idle time

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idle time

(Business / Commerce) Commerce time during which a machine or a worker could be working but is not, as when one job has been completed and tooling or materials for the next are not complete or available Compare downtime

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idle time

n → Brachzeit f, → Leerzeit f

idle time n (esp Comm) → tempi mpl morti

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computer downtime idle idler Moon mooncalf			Although his manners might be unpleasant, he had claims on the indulgence of a young lady, who was at a loss how to employ her idle time. I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context He had a rich abundance of idle time, but it never hung heavy on his hands, for he interested himself in every new thing that was born into the universe of ideas, and studied it, and experimented upon it at his house. Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context He had had a nice, good, idle time all the while -- plenty of company -- and the fence had three coats of whitewash on it Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context			idiot light idiot savant idiot strings idiot tape idiot-proof Idiotcy Idioted Idiothermic idiotic idiotically Idioticon Idiotish idiotism Idiotize Idiotry idiotype Iditarod Iditarod Trail Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race idle idle about or around idle away idle character idle pulley idle talk idle time idle wheel idle words Idle-headed Idle-pated idleness idler idler pulley idler shaft Idless idling idly IDN Ido idocrase Idoism idol idol worship idol worshiper Idolastre idolater idolatress Idolatrical idolatrize idolatrous Idolatrously			idle expenditure idle fancy Idle folk have the least leisure Idle Funds Idle Hour Country Club idle interrupt Idle Line Interrupt Enable Idle Line Network Idle Line State Idle Mode Idle people have the least leisure Idle Period Down Link Idle Property Screening List idle pulley idle pulley Idle Shutdown Timer Idle Signal Detected idle speech idle speeches Idle Speed Control Idle Speed Control Actuator Idle Speed Control Valve Idle Stabilizer Valve idle talk idle threat idle time idle trunk lamp Idle Vacuum Switching Valve Idle Validation Switch idle wheel idle wheels idle words Idle-headed Idle-pated idle-stop solenoid Idle/Pipeline DRAM idled idled idled idled idled idleness idleness idleness idleness idleness Idleness is the root of all evil idler idler idler idler idler idler Idler arm idler frequency idler gear

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