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overtime

/ˈoʊ.vɚˌtaɪm/

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What does overtime mean?

noun

  1. Working time outside of one's regular hours.
  2. The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours.
  3. An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.
More meanings (7)

noun

  1. Extra laps after the set race length of laps or time, to allow for a green-white-checkered finish.
  2. A period of time longer than scheduled.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see over, time.

adverb

  1. Exceeding regular working hours.
  2. Beyond the normal or usual extent.

verb

  1. To measure something incorrectly, as taking more time than it actually did.

prep_phrase

  1. Misspelling of over time.
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IPA pronunciation

/ˈoʊ.vɚˌtaɪm/

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We are living in the houses and using the railroads that our fathers built by working overtime.
James J. (James John) DavisThe Iron Puddler: My Life in the Rolling Mills and What Came of ItProject Gutenberg ebook #1297
Nevertheless, so cold would he become at times that a heated colloquy would arise between them on the subject of working overtime.
Douglas, Sir MawsonThe Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914Project Gutenberg ebook #6137
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They were both of them jovial about the cold in winter and the heat in summer, always ready to work overtime and to meet emergencies.
Willa CatherMy ÁntoniaProject Gutenberg ebook #242