on time
adverb
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adj
- Punctual or according to schedule; at the planned time.
“Unless our train's not on time, we'll be home at three.”
prep_phrase
- 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.”
- By installments, payments over a period of time.
“They bought their dining-room furniture on time.”
- By a player's running out of time.
“Smith beat Jones on time.”