Definition of Time being

1. Noun. The present occasion. "For the nonce"

Exact synonyms: Nonce
Generic synonyms: Nowadays, Present

Definition of Time being

1. Noun. the present time ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Time Being

time added on
time after time
time and a half
time and again
time and material
time and materials
time and motion studies
time and motion study
time and tide
time and tide wait for no man
time and time again
time attack
time average
time ball
time being (current term)
time bill
time bills
time bomb
time bombs
time capsule
time capsules
time clock
time clocks
time code
time codes
time compensation gain
time complexities
time complexity
time constant

Literary usage of Time being

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery During by Thomas Jodrell Phillips, Great Britain Court of Chancery, John Singleton Copley Lyndhurst, Charles Christopher Pepys Cottenham (1849)
"... To the Queen's is not capable' Chancellor ot the Exchequer tor the time being, ... of any discretion on that subject. the Exchequer for the time being, ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"The King also granted that the mayor and aldermen for the time being, or the major part of them, from time to time, and at ai l times thereafter for ever, ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"The statute of limitations does not apply to suits to recover land ; lapse of time being only available in aid of any prescriptive title which the defendant ..."

4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1842)
"And I declare, that the receipt and receipts in writing of the President and Treasurer, for the time being, of the Royal Academy, or of such other society ..."

5. The Anglican Episcopate and the American Colonies by Arthur Lyon Cross (1902)
"... Archbishop of Canterbury, and to the Archbishop of Canterbury for the time being; Peter, Lord King, Baron of Ockham, our Chancellor of Great Britain, ..."

6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"... and unlimited issue of its own bonds. the charter of their incorporation by the (lovera or of the State for the time being, or by hie proxy or by ..."

7. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer by Roger Meeson, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, William Newland Welsby, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1841)
"... to fix all the - members of the company for the time being before any ex- CKO«t ecution be allowed to go against members not in that con- LAW. dition. ..."

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