On Time

Definition: On Time

On Time

Adjective

1. According to schedule or without delay; "they were always on time"; "a prompt reply".

Adverb

1. At the expected time; "she always arrives on time".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: On Time

Punctuality

Verb: be prompt, be on time, be in time; arrive on time; be in the nick of time.

Adverb: on time, punctually, at the deadline, precisely, exactly; right on time, to the minute; in time; in good time, in military time, in pudding time, in due time; time enough; with no time to spare, by a hair's breadth.

Crosswords: On Time

And her acting like-- like Lady Astor's horse, and all because I got here on time! (From Here to Eternity; writing credit: Ernest Tidyman)

Who pays the rent on time. (Se7en; writing credit: Andrew Kevin Walker)

Darling, I've got to get you to the church on time. (Batman; writing credit: Bob Kane; Sam Hamm)

I wanted to hear it so bad. I tried to be on time, but- (Little Shop of Horrors; writing credit: Charles B. Griffith; Howard Ashman)

Don't worry about no judge, Man, this thing gonna get us to Kansas City on time. (Silver Streak; writing credit: Colin Higgins)

Cause you almost lost a girl who is right on time (Cool It Now; performing artist: New Edition)

But he better be on time (Any Man Of Mine; performing artist: Shania Twain)

At the age of nine, I was right on time ("Rapper's Delight"; performing artist: Sugarhill Gang)

I still couldn't make it on time (Manic Monday; performing artist: The Bangles)

Why you not at home on time (Just Be A Man About It; performing artist: Toni Braxton)

A seminar on time travel will be held two weeks ago. (references; author: unknown)

On Time (1924)

When Joey Was on Time (1912)

Dead On Time (1982)

Always On Time (performing artist: Ja Rule featuring Ashanti)

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Books

• Judaism in a Nutshell, Israel: An Easy-To-Use Guide for People Who Are Long on Curiosity, but Short on Time (reference)

• Robert Kilwardby O.P. on Time and Imagination/De Tempore De Spiritu Fantastico (Auctores Britannici Medii Aevi, Ix) (reference)

• On Time for Disaster: The Rescue of Custer's Command: Including an Account of the Sioux Expedition of 1876 and the Rescue of the Remnant of Custer' (reference)

• Short on Time, Long on Learning: Activities for Those Teachable Moments (Professional Growth Series) (reference)

• On Time Within Budget: Software Project Management Practices and Techniques, 3rd Edition (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Night scene at an American railway junction: Lightning Express, Flying Mail, and Owl Trains, "on time" / Parsons & Atwater del. Credit: Library of Congress.

Let's give him enough and on time / Norman Rockwell. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

Finalizing these projects on time will also contribute to controlling costs and keeping them within the projected budget. (references)

Foreign legal entities, which fail to register on time with the tax authorities or attempt to evade registration will be considered in violation of tax law and may incur fines. (references)

The name of the game has been cash flow management; the distributor having to pile up inventory stock, distribute it and get back the money invested on time, to roll it back into the business. (references)

Civil Liberties

Togo

Teachers' salaries and students' stipends rarely are paid on time. (references)

Economic History

Botswana

The government bureaucracy is paid on time and is provided a living wage. (references)

Russia

Enterprises that pay wages in full and on time generally have smooth labor-management relations. (references)

Political Economy

OMAN

However, the visa is non-extendable and the airline carrying the passenger is responsible for ensuring that the visitor departs on time, which in turn has discouraged use of the visa. (references)

ROMANIA

Public direct and guaranteed external debt service was projected to drop to 5.1 percent of the GDP in 2001. Foreign public debt has increased only slightly, and Romania has continued to meet its debt obligations on time and in full. (references)

Morocco

King Hassan II selected Abderrahmane Youssoufi, leader of the Popular Union of Socialist Forces (USFP) as Prime Minister following seriously flawed elections in 1997. The next parliamentary elections are scheduled for November 2002. While expectations are high that they will be held on time and be free and fair, the government has not yet drafted necessary legislation that would reform election procedures and reduce the likelihood of fraud. (references)

Political Rights

Ethiopia

Opposition participation in the elections was hampered by difficulty in registering candidates and limitations on time remaining to campaign. (references)

Trade

Romania

Contracts should stipulate interest payments in case the importers are unable to meet their obligations on time. (references)

Colombia

The access to foreign commercial banks has been necessary, not only to obtain the financial closing of projects on time, but also to obtain bridge-loans before the projects can access the capital market. (references)

Travel

Oman

However, a visitor should be on time, particularly for government appointments. (references)

South Africa

South Africans are very punctual, and South African businesspersons make every effort to be on time for appointments. (references)

Morocco

While U.S. businesspeople are encouraged to arrive at appointments on time, one should not be surprised at encountering delays, and it's wise to schedule meetings recognizing that some could start, or run, late. (references)

Women

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

According to the SVGHRA, because there are only two bailiffs to service the country, summonses often are not served on time for cases scheduled to be heard in court. (references)

Worker Rights

Croatia

The nonpayment of wages continued to be a serious problem; over 80,000 workers (6 percent of the work force) failed to receive their salaries on time. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "on time": arrive dead on time ♦ arrive on time ♦ bang on time ♦ be on time ♦ due from banks on time ♦ due to banks on time ♦ failure to pay on time ♦ not on time ♦ right on time. Additional references.

Afrikaans

betyds (at, at the right time, in time), akkuraat (accurate, exact, precise, prompt, punctual). (various references)

Albanian

në kohën e duhur (in time, Pat, well timed), me kohë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏في الميعاد, ‏في الموعد, ‏في الوقت المحدد (in time), ‏بدقة (accurately, carefully, circumstantially, fussily, minutely, narrowly, painstakingly, precisely, strictly, true). (various references)

Basque

sasoiz. (various references)

Bulgarian 

навреме (betimes, duly, in time, on schedule, punctually). (various references)

Chinese 

按時 (before deadline, now and then, on schedule, sometimes), 按期 (on schedule), 準時 (on schedule, punctual). (various references)

Czech

vèas (duly, in time), přesnì (accurately, bang, clearly, dead, exactly, faithfully, just, nicely, on the minute, precisely, quite, rightly, sharp, straight). (various references)

Danish

toget er rettidigt (the train is on time). (various references)

Dutch

zorgvuldig (accurate, careful, carefully, precise, prompt, punctual, tender), stipt (accurate, precise, prompt, punctual, tight), prompt (accurate, immediate, prompt, punctual), nauwkeurig (accurate, exact, prompt, punctual), nauwgezet (accurate, exactly, prompt, punctual, sharp), accuraat (accurate, exact, exactly, prompt, punctual, sharp). (various references)

Esperanto

akurata (accurate, prompt, punctual). (various references)

Finnish

täsmällinen (accurate, exact, precise, prompt, punctual, strict). (various references)

French

ponctuel. (various references)

Frisian

krekt (accurate, precise, prompt, punctual). (various references)

German

pünktlich (accurate, exact, meticulous, on-time, precise, prompt, punctual, punctuality, punctually, sharp), rechtzeitig (duly, in due time, in time, on-time, opportune, punctual, timely). (various references)

Greek 

πάνω στην ώρα, επί προθεσμία (at fixed dates, at term, for periods of more than one month, more than one month, time-). (various references)

Haitian Creole

alè. (various references)

Hebrew 

במוע�" (in time, without fail), בזמן (duly), ב�"יק� ות (on the nose, precisely). (various references)

Hungarian

pontosan (accurately, dead on, definitely, due, duly, even as, exactly, fine, in due course, just, minutely, nicely, on the beam, on the dot, on the minute, on the nose, precisely, prompt, regularly, right, scrupulously, smack in the middle, strictly, that's just it, to spell out, to take key ranges, to the turn of a hair, true), jókor (in due time, in good time, in time, opportunely, timely), időben (at the proper time, in time). (various references)

Icelandic

nákvæmur (accurate, prompt, punctual). (various references)

Italian

puntuale (careful, precise, prompt, punctual, regular). (various references)

Luxembourgish

pünktlech. (various references)

Pig Latin

onay imetay.(various references)

Polish

punktualny (accurate, prompt, punctual), akuratny (accurate, prompt, punctual). (various references)

Portuguese

pontualmente (exactly, promptly, punctually, sharp), na hora, em tempo (in time), a prazo (at fixed dates, at term, for periods of more than one month, more than one month, time-). (various references)

Romanian

la fix (on the tick, to the tick). (various references)

Russian 

вовремя (early in the day, in time, on schedule), в надлежащее время (in due season), аккуратный (accurate, exact, meticulous, natty, neat, orderly, precise, prim, prompt, punctual, spruce, tidy, trim), аккуратн. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

na vreme (time: in time, time: on time, timely). (various references)

Slovene

pravoèasni. (various references)

Spanish

a tiempo (at the right time, betimes, in time, timely). (various references)

Swedish

punktligt (duly, punctually), punktlig (prompt, punctual), prompt (accurate, immediate, immediately, prompt, promptly, punctual), precis (accurate, bang, dead, even, exact, exactly, just, Plumb, precise, precisely, punctual, quite, that's the idea, that's true, to a turn, veracious, very), i tid (in time of necessity), ackurat (accurate, precise, prompt, punctual). (various references)

Turkish

zamanýnda, zamanında (duly, in time, on the stroke, seasonably), vaktinde (in time), tam (absolute, accomplished, according to cocker, accurate, all out, at the time, bang, bang on, blank, clear, complete, consummate, correct, dead, desperately, downright, due, engrained, entire, even, exact, exactly, factual, full, full complement, fully, holo-, implicit, ingrained, intact, integral, intimate, just, literal, mathematical, out and out, outright, overall, perfect, plenary, Plumb, plunk, precise, precisely, prize, prompt, proper, punctual, rank, right, rightdown, root and branch, round, sharp, sheer, simple, slap bang, slick, solid, spot-on, Square, stark, straight, strict, the very, thorough, thoroughgoing, to a t, true, trueborn, unalloyed, unambiguous, unmitigated, unredeemed, unreserved, utter, very, whole), kesín (accurate, prompt, punctual), kat'î (accurate, prompt, punctual), doğru (above board, according to cocker, according to hoyle, accurate, aright, authentic, cheese, correct, direct, due, exact, exactly, fair, fair enough, faithful, for, guileless, honest, honest injun, just, ortho-, orthodox, precisely, prompt, proper, punctual, quite so, right, righteous, sincere, spot-on, Square, straight, straight as a die, straight line, the right, the thing, the truth, thro, through, thru, true, truthful, up to, upstanding). (various references)

Turkmen 

яetiюmek (be on time, make in time). (various references)

Ukrainian

сво�"часно (betimes, early, in season, opportunely, seasonably, speedily). (various references)

Misspellings

"On Time" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ontime. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: monie, monte.

-2 letters: emit, into, item, meno, mien, mine, mint, mite, mote, nite, nome, note, omen, omit, time, tine, tome, tone.

-3 letters: eon, ion, men, met, mon, mot, net, nim, nit, nom, not, one, ten, tie, tin, toe, tom, ton.

-4 letters: em, en, et, in, it, me, mi, mo, ne, no, oe, om, on.

+1 letter: amniote, centimo, emoting, emotion, mention, mestino, mitogen, moisten, onetime, pimento, sentimo, tonemic.

+2 letters: ammonite, amniotes, centimos, coinmate, demonist, demoting, demotion, dominate, dormient, downtime, emotions, enormity, impotent, intercom, intombed, limonite, longtime, mentions, mestinos, misatone, mitogens, moistens, monazite, monetise, monetize, monitive, monteith, mooniest, motioned, motioner, mylonite, nepotism, nominate, noontime, ointment, orpiment, pentomic, piedmont, pimentos, pimiento, pivotmen, pointmen, ptomaine, remotion, semitone, sentimos, thermion, timeworn, tokenism, zonetime.