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Definition of Overtime

1. Noun. Work done in addition to regular working hours.

2. Adverb. Beyond the regular time. "She often has to work overtime"

3. Noun. Playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie.

Definition of Overtime

1. n. Time beyond, or in excess of, a limit; esp., extra working time.

Definition of Overtime

1. Noun. The working time outside of one's regular hours ¹

2. Noun. (sports countable) An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation. ¹

3. Noun. The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours. ¹

4. Adverb. Exceeding regular working hours. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overtime

1. to exceed the desired timing for [v -TIMED, -TIMING, -TIMES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overtime

overthrown overthrows overthrust overthrust fault overthrusts overthwart overthwartly overthwartness overtight overtighten

overtightened overtightening overtightens overtilde overtildes overtime (current term) overtime period overtimed overtimes overtimid

overtiming overtip overtipped overtipping overtips overtire overtired overtiredness overtires overtiring

Literary usage of Overtime

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fatigue and Efficiency: A Study in Industry by Josephine Clara Goldmark (1912)
"These large issues we will attempt to outline under two heads: first, the relation between overtime and greater continuity or regularity of employment; ..."

2. The Federal Service by Lewis Mayers (1922)
"overtime work, on the whole, is uncommon in the federal service. In the departments at Washington, unusual congestion of business, or the necessity for ..."

3. War-time Strikes and Their Adjustment by Alexander M. Bing (1921)
"inefficiency of the workers and this condition has gone over to peace time as one of our most serious problems of industry.1 overtime Attention has already ..."

4. Child Problems by George Benjamin Mangold (1914)
"overtime. overtime employment, even in the states where fairly acceptable child labor laws are in operation, still continues. ..."

5. The Conflicts of Capital and Labour: Historically and Economically by George Howell (1890)
"The " greed for overtime " is less conspicuous with employers than with the ... The advantage of systematic overtime is not ultimately greater to the ..."

6. Sessional Papersby Canada Parliament by Canada Parliament (1901)
"Brought forward 62,59762 Wages (rates giren are per week, overtime per hour)— Continued. Cot^. Mire A., in bindery : at $2, S30.10 ; overtime at 10c., 50c. ..."

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