interim period
Time between events
An interim period is a stretch of time between two events, phases, or states—a transitional gap before something more permanent takes effect.
A company might appoint an interim CEO during the interim period between leaders.
In accounting, interim periods are reporting spans shorter than a full fiscal year: quarterly interim periods.
The phrase emphasizes temporariness and transition.
- gapUnfilled space between
- bridge the gapConnect separated things
- transitionChange from one state
- in the meantimeDuring intervening time
- meantimeIntervening time interval
stopgap · limbo · waiting · waiting game · on hold · temporary · bridge · pause · time out · hiatus · lull · breathing room · holding pattern · twilight · threshold · between · placeholder · fill in
interim periodpermanence
Quality of lasting indefinitely
established order · perpetuity · steady state · permanency · status quo
interim periodend state
Final achieved condition
resolution · full term · culmination · denouement · conclusion
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