airtime

See also: air time

English

Etymology

From air +‎ time.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

airtime (countable and uncountable, plural airtimes)

1. The duration during which a radio or television program (or part of one) is transmitted.

   Can you get me some airtime for my latest single?

2. (by extension) The duration spent talking during a conversation.
   • 2017 May 17, “Critical to your team's culture: Equal air time”, in SmartBrief‎^[1], retrieved 2021-09-15:

     Let them know you’re looking to create a loosely held balance of air time and want to hear from everyone.

   • 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 109:

     And all sorts of people who have traditionally been excluded are now being let in and given a voice, and they're pushing you out and reducing your airtime, and threatening your privilege, […]

3. The chargeable use of a mobile phone, either in minutes or in units dependent on the use or traffic.
4. The period during which a person riding a rollercoaster or similar ride experiences a feeling of weightlessness.

Translations

duration of transmission

• Afrikaans: lugtyd
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 廣播時間 / 广播时间 (guǎngbō shíjiān)

• Czech: vysílací čas, prostor ve vysílání
• Danish: sendetid
• Dutch: zendtijd (nl)
• Finnish: lähetysaika (fi)
• French: temps d’antenne (fr) m
• German: Sendezeit (de) f
• Hindi: एयरटाइम (eyarṭāim)
• Korean: 방송 (ko) (bangsong)
• Latvian: ētera laika
• Macedonian: емитување (emituvanje)
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: sendetid

• Polish: czas antenowy
• Portuguese: tempo de transmissão m
• Romanian: timpi de antenă
• Russian: эфи́рное вре́мя n (efírnoje vrémja)
• Serbo-Croatian: време емитовања
• Spanish: tiempo en antena
• Swedish: sändningstid (sv)
• Ukrainian: ефірний час (efirnyj čas)

chargeable use of mobile phone usage

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 通話時間 / 通话时间 (tōnghuà shíjiān)

• Finnish: puheaika
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: tiempo aire m (Anglicism, Mexico), tiempo facturable m
• Swahili: muda wa maongezi
• Swedish: användningstid

See also

• airspace

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