Kauttakäyttönä

Kauttakäyttönä is a Finnish term used to describe a use that is temporary or provisional. It is typically found in legal, administrative, and planning texts to indicate that a resource, space, or service is being used on a temporary basis, rather than as a permanent arrangement. The form -nä marks the instrumental or adverbial usage, so the phrase translates roughly to “as a temporary use” or “on a temporary basis.”

Common contexts for kauttakäyttönä include land and property arrangements, infrastructure and facilities, and other situations where a temporary solution is needed while a long-term plan or license is prepared. For example, a municipality might grant a kauttakäyttöoikeus, a temporary right of use, to an organization to utilize vacant land or facilities during a transition period. In energy, telecommunications, or IT projects, equipment, spectrum, or software may be deployed kauttakäyttönä while permanent systems are being procured or installed. The term is also used in event planning and urban development to describe provisional arrangements daisy-chained to a future, more permanent solution.

Etymologically, kauttakäyttönä combines kautta (through, by means of) with käyttö (use) and the suffix -nä, functioning to mark the expression as “in the role of temporary use.” Synonyms or closely related expressions include tilapäinen käyttö (temporary use) and välineellinen väliaikaiskäyttö. In English, the closest equivalents are interim use, temporary use, or stopgap use. See also kauttakäyttöoikeus (temporary right of use) and related contractual instruments.