pro tem

adjective

Temporarily assuming the duties of another: acting, ad interim, interim, provisional, temporary. See continue/stop/pause, substitute.

[Latin, For the time being.] An abbreviation used for pro tempore, Latin for "temporary or provisional."

A person who acts as a temporary substitute serves pro tem. The term is often used to describe the acting head of a governing body, such as the president pro tem of the Senate, who presides over the Senate when the vice president is unable to do so.

for the time, temporarily (pro tempore)

Common misspelling(s) of pro tem

• protem