Interim

Adjective

 * 1) transitional
 * Iraq's government is "interim'.
 * 1) temporary
 * You are interim manager until he returns from hospital.

Noun

 * 1) A transitional or temporary period between other events.
 * His car is in the shop, but they gave him a rental to drive in the interim.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From interim:

Adjective

 * Dutch:
 * German:, Übergangs-


 * Polish: przejściowy, przejściowa, przejściowe
 * Serbo-Croatian: prelazan, prijelazan, preliminaran


 * German:
 * Polish: tymczasowy, tymczasowa, tymczasowe, tymczasowi


 * Serbo-Croatian: privremen

Noun

 * French:
 * German: Übergangszeit,
 * Italian:


 * Polish: w międyczasie, tymczasem
 * Portuguese:

Anagrams

 * mintier
 * termini

Adverb

 * 1) meanwhile, in the meantime