overtimeadverb, noun [ U ]
uk/ˈəʊ.və.taɪm/us/ˈoʊ.vɚ.taɪm/B2 (time spent working) after the usual time needed or expected in a job:
They're doing/working overtime to get the job done on time.
Everyone is on overtime (= being paid extra for working after the usual time) this weekend.
US UK extra time a period of time in a sports game in which play continues if neither team has won in the usual time allowed for the game
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Working hours
- after hours idiom
- clock
- clock in
- clock out
- downshift
- flexible working
- flexitime
- night shift
- nine
- office hours
- opening hours
- opening time
- part-time
- punch
- rush hour
- shiftwork
- time clock
- timesheet
- unsocial
- week
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overtimenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈəʊ.və.taɪm/us/ˈoʊ.vɚ.taɪm/extra payment for working after the usual time:
You can earn some overtime by working after 6.00 p.m.
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Earning money
- bank
- base pay
- be quids in idiom
- black money
- blast
- bread
- bread and butter
- breadwinner
- bring sth in
- danger money
- draw
- earn
- fundraiser
- honorarium
- income
- money for old rope idiom
- payday
- payroll
- strike pay
- venal
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