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overtime

[ noun adverb adjective oh-ver-tahym; verb oh-ver-tahym ]

noun

  1. working time before or after one's regularly scheduled working hours; extra working time.
  2. pay for such time ( straight time ).
  3. time in excess of a prescribed period.
  4. Sports. an additional period of play for deciding the winner of a game in which the contestants are tied at the end of the regular playing period.


adverb

  1. during overtime:

    to work overtime.

adjective

  1. of or for overtime:

    overtime pay.

verb (used with object)

, o·ver·timed, o·ver·tim·ing.
  1. to give too much time to (a photographic exposure).

overtime

noun

    1. work at a regular job done in addition to regular working hours
    2. ( as modifier )

      overtime pay

  1. the rate of pay established for such work
  2. time in excess of a set period
  3. sport extra time


adverb

  1. beyond the regular or stipulated time

verb

  1. tr to exceed the required time for (a photographic exposure)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of overtime1

First recorded in 1530–40; over- + time

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Example Sentences

Teams get two points in the standings for a win of any kind while an overtime loss, including the shootout, earns a team one point, also known as the “loser point.”

Unionization could give these Alabama warehouse employees the opportunity to collectively fight for regular pay raises and have bargaining power when it comes to obligations like mandated overtime shifts.

From Time

It’s hard, because people that work here, they’ve been working full-time, no vacations, overtime, in order to care for their patients.

From Time

We should work weekends and overtime, ruthlessly pursuing wealth and status, to demonstrate our commitment to family.

Mandatory overtime, Knox said, is communicated to workers no later than their lunch break the previous day.

Clinkscales is still a cop, and made more than $100,000 in salary and overtime last year.

All of these people, and millions more like them, deserve a little overtime.

This would restore overtime rights to workers earning up to around $50,000 a year, which is roughly the current median.

The CAP paper estimates that if current trends continue unabated, overtime pay will disappear entirely by 2026.

But they are paid less, and the vanishing overtime pay is a big part of why.

Before I'd gone five miles the hoodoo that had been working overtime on my behalf got busy again.

Joe was working overtime, covering the drills, while his father was doing the stable work.

Mr. Van Dyke and his clerks, assisted by boy scouts, were working overtime to gratify all these demands.

One special cause of offense was the keeping back of overtime money to buy a new jacket.

Her jacket had been bought with money earned by working overtime, a result secured by the most persistent effort and argument.

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