interim

interim
    adj 1: serving during an intermediate interval of time; "an
           interim agreement"
    n 1: the time between one event, process, or period and another;
         "meanwhile the socialists are running the government" [syn:
         {interim}, {meantime}, {meanwhile}, {lag}]
    

Interim \In"ter*im\, n. [L., fr. inter between + im, an old
   accusative of is he, this, that.]
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   1. The meantime; time intervening; interval between events,
      etc.
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            All the interim is
            Like a phantasms, or a hideous dream. --Shak.
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   2. (Hist.) A name given to each of three compromises made by
      the emperor Charles V. of Germany for the sake of
      harmonizing the connecting opinions of Protestants and
      Catholics.
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INTERIM. In the mean time; in the meanwhile. For example, one appointed 
between the time that a person is made bankrupt, to act in the place of the 
assignee until the assignee shall be appointed, is an assignee ad interim. 2 
Bell's Com. 355. 
    

100 Moby Thesaurus words for "interim":
      abeyance, acting, ad interim, afterthought, bind, block, blockage,
      breach, break, bureaucratic delay, caesura, cease-fire, cessation,
      clearance, day off, delay, delayage, delayed reaction, detention,
      discontinuity, distance between, double space, double take,
      dragging, drop, em space, en space, fissure, freeboard, gap,
      hair space, half space, halt, hang-up, hesitation, hiatus,
      hindrance, holdup, holiday, interlude, intermediate space,
      intermezzo, intermission, intermittence, interruption, interspace,
      interstice, interval, jam, jump, lacuna, lag, lagging, lapse,
      layoff, leap, leeway, letup, logjam, lull, margin, moratorium,
      obstruction, paperasserie, pause, pro, provisional, provisory,
      recess, red tape, red-tapeism, red-tapery, remission, reprieve,
      respite, rest, retardance, retardation, room, single space,
      slow-up, slowdown, slowness, space, space between, stand-down,
      stay, stay of execution, stop, stoppage, supply, suspension,
      temporary, tentative, tie-up, time interval, time lag, truce,
      vacation, wait