time on
Serving a sentence
Time on refers to accumulated duration spent in a particular state or activity: time on task, time on target, time on the job.
In broadcasting and advertising, time on means the moment when something begins airing or the duration of airtime.
Military and technical contexts use it for when systems become active or operations commence.
- clockingMeasuring time taken
- durationLength of existence
- secondUnit smaller than minute
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- stoppageInterruption of flow
interval · minute · hour · chronology · schedule · moment · span · pacing · involvement · participation · mark · engagement · focus · periodicity · segment · allocation · output · epoch
time ontime off
Scheduled absence from duties
downtime · break · rest period · idle time · leave
time ontime off
Scheduled absence from duties
free time · leisure time · downtime · off-duty · freedom
time ontime out
Temporary stop in action
stoppage time · dead time · timeout · whistle