Full-time means working the normal complete week. A full-time job, go full-time, full-time hours.
It varies by country and by employer, and no law defines it in Britain. In football, full-time means the end of the match, which is a quite separate use of the same two words.
1adjectivefull-timeWorking the normal complete week.
“He has a full-time job at the bank, Monday to Friday.”
full-time is a quality.
Full plus time, formed alongside part-time as standard working hours took shape.
From full + time.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Work & Careers