double timenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌdʌb.əl ˈtaɪm/us/ˌdʌb.əl ˈtaɪm/double time noun [ U ] (WORK)
If you are paid double time, you are paid twice the usual amount for the time that you spend working, usually because you are working at the weekend or on an official holiday. If you work double time, you work twice as long as normal.
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Earning money
- bank
- base pay
- be quids in idiom
- black money
- blast
- bread
- bread and butter
- breadwinner
- bring sth in
- commission
- danger money
- draw
- earn
- fundraiser
- honorarium
- hustle
- income
- money for old rope idiom
- payday
- venal
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double time noun [ U ] (MUSIC)
a rhythm that is played at twice the speed of a previous one:
The middle section of the piece is played in double time.
double time noun [ U ] (MARCHING)
If soldiers, etc. march in double time, they run slowly rather than walk.
Examples from literature
- He says he'll have it up in two months and ready to open, if he has to make the men work double time.