See Also: AD INTERIM(law)
Interim(money)
Interim(finance)
INTERIM(law)
ad interim(dictionary)
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Interim analysis(health)
interim 1, adjective(dictionary)
Interim statement(finance)
interim analysis(medicine)

interim (iou)



interim noun, adverb, & adjective. M16.
[Latin (adverb), from inter between + adverbial ending -im.]
A. noun.
Ecclesiastical History. (Usu. Interim.) A provisional arrangement for the adjustment of religious differences between the German Protestants and the Roman Catholic Church in the mid 16th cent. M16.
b. gen. A temporary or provisional arrangement. M16.
A thing done in an interval; an interlude. L16-M17.
An intervening time; the meantime. E17.
Sir W. Scott How we shall prevent the guilty person from escaping in the interim.
An interim dividend. M20.
b. adverb. In the meantime; meanwhile. Now rare. L16.
C. adjective. Done, made, provided, etc., in or for the meantime; provisional, temporary. Formerly (of time), intervening. E17.
interim dividend: announced on the basis of a company's financial results for a period less than a full financial year (usu. six months).
interi'mistic adjective = INTERIM adjective M19.
interimistical adjective = INTERIM adjective: only in M17.