pro tem /; AmE / adverb

for now, but not permanently:

A new manager will be appointed pro tem.

pro tem adjective:

A pro tem committee was formed.

The licence was issued on a pro tem basis.

SYN TEMPORARY

NOTE Pro tem is a short form of a Latin phrase, which means ‘for now'.

• approve
• approved account
• approved contractor
• approx
• approximate
• approximation
• APR
• aptitude
• aptitude test
• arable
• arbiter
• arbitrage
• arbitrageur
• arbitrate
• arbitration
• arbitrator
• arcade
• architect
• architecture
• archive
• area
• area code
• arena
• arm
• arm's-length