Sekirov Dictionary

overtime

UK /ˈəʊ.və.taɪm/US /ˈoʊ.vɚˌtaɪm/

noun 5
adverb 2
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 1

noun5

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Working time outside of one's regular hours.
- Workers are usually paid extra for working overtime.
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(US) An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.
- That last-second shot ties the game 99-99 and sends it to overtime!
(US) Extra laps after the set race length of laps or time, to allow for a green-white-checkered finish.
A period of time longer than scheduled.
The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours.

adverb2

Exceeding regular working hours.
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Beyond the normal or usual extent.
- He worked his mighty money-spinner overtime. — 1996

verb1

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To measure something incorrectly, as taking more time than it actually did.
- With automatic timing, overtiming is virtually impossible. However, there are inherent inaccuracies in manual timing of telephone messages which, on the average, tend toward overtiming messages […] — 1948

forms

overtimed · overtiming · overtimes

Phrases with overtime

Chinese overtime
Any form of overtime in which increasing the hours worked reduces the hourly rate.

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