face time
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- work time spent at the location of or in the presence of other people“instead of working on the problem at home he devoted face time to it at the office”Type of work time
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
face′ time′ (fās′ tīm′), noun
Time spent speaking with a person face-to-face; — contrasted with time spent communicating by electronic media, such as telephone or e-mail, or via written communications; as, the chief of staff has the most face time with the president. Recent
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors
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face time
<jargon> Time spent interacting with somebody face-to-face (as opposed to via electronic links). "Oh, yeah, I spent some face time with him at the last Usenix." [Jargon File]
The Jargon File
face time n.
[common] Time spent interacting with somebody face-to-face (as opposed to via electronic links). “Oh, yeah, I spent some face time with him at the last Usenix.”