Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Interim \In"ter*im\, n. [L., fr. inter between + im, an old
   accusative of is he, this, that.]
   1. The meantime; time intervening; interval between events,
      etc.

            All the interim is Like a phantasms, or a hideous
            dream.                                --Shak.

   2. (Hist.) A name given to each of three compromises made by
      the emperor Charles V. of Germany for the sake of
      harmonizing the connecting opinions of Protestants and
      Catholics.

Source : WordNet®

interim
     adj : serving during an intermediate interval of time; "an interim
           agreement"
     n : the time between one event, process, or period and another
         [syn: {lag}]