Bench time: 1. Amount of time spent sitting on a bench, for reasons unclear. 2. Nauseating American expression for how many meetings are held with prospective customers, believing (often erroneously) that the more you talk to someone, the more likely they are to buy; despairing cry of Sales Directors throughout the USA, as in “Jeez Brad, your team are failing to generate enough quality bench time!” (see Bench, has this got)