NichiDict

嘱託

しょくたく
属託囑託
[shokutaku]

Meanings

1.NounNoun・suruTransitive

commission; entrusting with (work)

2.Noun

part-time employee; temporary work

Examples

退職後も嘱託として会社に残った。

Even after retirement, they remained at the company as a commissioned worker.

調査を外部の専門家に嘱託した。

The investigation was commissioned to an outside expert.

嘱託職員として週三日勤務している。

They work three days a week as a commissioned employee.