Overtime

Definitions

1. Working time outside of one's regular hours.
   uncountable
2. The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours.
   uncountable
3. An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.
   US, countable
4. A period of time longer than scheduled.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Workers are usually paid extra for working overtime.”

“Nor is it good for the name⟳ of the railway industry that skilled men should have⟳ to put⟳ in so much overtime to keep⟳ up financially with the Joneses in other walks of life.”

“That last-second shot ties the game 99-99 and sends it to overtime!”

“Canada’s men’s hockey team defeated the USA 3-2 in overtime Thursday to capture⟳ the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off Championship as the NHL put⟳ on a show⟳ in the first edition of this midseason international tournament.”

“Little need⟳ be said about the remainder of the run⟳; the Dumfries-Annan and Annan-Carlisle times are very sharp with such loads, and the driver was just observing them, with nothing in hand, though overtime at stations made us late into Carlisle.”

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