Interim means holding the place until the permanent one comes. An interim report, the interim manager, in the interim.
As a noun, in the interim means meanwhile. An interim appointment carries the full powers of the post and none of its security, which is why interim managers are often the ones who make the hard decisions.
1adjectiveinterimHolding the place until the permanent one comes.
“After the coach was sacked, his assistant took charge as interim manager for the last few games.”
interim is a quality.
Latin
interim — meanwhile
English, today
interim
Borrowed from Latin interim (“meanwhile”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA