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overtime

Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvətʌɪm/
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Definition of overtime

noun

[mass noun]
  • 1time worked in addition to one’s normal working hours:fewer opportunities for overtime
  • payment for overtime: the company could not afford to pay overtime
  • 2North American extra time played at the end of a game that is tied at the end of the regulation time:they lost in overtime

adverb

  • in addition to normal working hours:we worked overtime to fulfil a big order figurativehis brain was working overtime

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