Meaning & use
flexitime
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Meaning
noununcountableBritish
A system where workers can choose when to start and finish work as long as they do the required hours.
Grammar: No plural and no article: on flexitime, not 'a flexitime'.
Patterns
- on flexitime
- work flexitime
- offer flexitime
Since the company introduced flexitime, I've been able to drop my kids at school before work.
She works flexitime, so she often starts at ten and finishes at six.
Flexitime is popular with staff who have long commutes.
Common combinations
- on flexitime
- He's on flexitime this month, so he can leave early on Fridays.
- work flexitime
- Do you work flexitime, or do you have fixed hours?
- introduce flexitime
- The manager introduced flexitime to reduce lateness.
- flexitime system
- Their flexitime system lets people bank extra hours.
Synonyms and how they differ
- flexible working
- A broader term that also covers working from home or part-time hours, not just choosing your start and finish times.
- flextime
- The American spelling and pronunciation of the same idea; use it in US contexts.
Opposites
Commonly confused: flexitime or part-time?
flexitime vs part-time
Part-time means working fewer hours in total, while flexitime is about when you work those hours.
Practice
Which sentence uses flexitime correctly?
Choose one answer.
Flexitime is uncountable, so it takes no article and no plural: 'on flexitime'. Options with 'a', 'the', or 'flexitimes' wrongly treat it as a countable noun.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “flexitime”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.