Interim

Interim means "in between" or "transitional" (moving from one time or place to another), or "temporary."

Some common "interim" items:

• An interim report is the report on the how some work is going.

• An interim document is the piece of writing that is not finished.

• An interim official is the person who is doing the job temporarily. This can be in between two other people having the job, or when the normal person is temporarily unable to do it. For example, the school can have an interim principal (headteacher), or the country can have an interim prime minister. The interim person might be called an acting headteacher or acting prime minister.

Other examples;

• An interim business agreement
• An interim ceasefire
• An interim constitution