Time served is also a term used to indicate a craftsman has spent the required period as an apprentice.
Famous quotes containing the words time and/or served:
“When you sued staying,
Then was the time for words; no going then;
Eternity was in our lips and eyes.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“...it is decidedly an advantage to American homes that so many of the wives and mothers have served as teachers before becoming house-directors. ...”
—Anna C. Brackett (1836–1911)