Definition of "downtime" []

• The period of time when something, such as a factory or a piece of machinery, is not in operation, especially as the result of a malfunction. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I think going forward as important as the day rate is the quality of the underlined contract and it ties in a lot of what we've been talking about here on how you look at subsea downtime, which the word downtime may become something other than downtime."
• "This downtime is the perfect opportunity to bring on your VA."
• "I used the thirty-day downtime from the manuscript to complete my renovations on Henry’s house."