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on time

adverb

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Wiktionary

adj

  1. Punctual or according to schedule; at the planned time.

    Unless our train's not on time, we'll be home at three.

prep_phrase

  1. Punctually or according to the schedule.

    The train arrived on time for the first time this week.

    A company that makes a fetish of never exceeding the budget invites game-playing and other malarky. It is easy to forget the obvious: that it involves no skill to come in on time and under budget if the schedule and budget are generous enough.

  2. By installments, payments over a period of time.

    They bought their dining-room furniture on time.

  3. By a player's running out of time.

    Smith beat Jones on time.