Usually means: Temporary employee for short-term tasks.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. temp: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. temp: Merriam-Webster
  3. temp, temp, temp: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. temp, temp: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. temp, temp: Collins English Dictionary
  6. temp: Vocabulary.com
  7. Temp, temp: Wordnik
  8. temp: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Temp, temp: Wiktionary
  10. temp: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. temp: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. temp: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. temp, temp: Dictionary.com
  14. temp: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. temp: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Temp (air base), Temp, The Temp (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. temp: Rhymezone
  18. temp: FreeDictionary.org
  19. temp: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. temp, temp: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. Temp: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. temp-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  2. temp: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. temp: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. temp: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. TEMP: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. temp, temp, temp: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. temp: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See temping as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Synonym of temporary (“short-term employee”)
noun:  (programming) Synonym of temporary (“short-term variable”)
verb:  (transitive, informal) To work as a temporary employee.
noun:  Clipping of temperature. [A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.]
adverb:  Alternative form of temp. (“in the time of”) [In the time of (followed by an indicator of a historical period, especially a reigning monarch).]
adjective:  Abbreviation of temporary. [Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.]

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