overtime

Meanings

Plural: overtimes

Noun

• work done in addition to regular working hours
• playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie
• Working time outside of one's regular hours.
• The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours.
• An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.
• A period of time longer than scheduled.

Adverb

• beyond the regular time
  • "she often has to work overtime"

Adv

• Exceeding regular working hours.
• Beyond the normal or usual extent.

Verb

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

Prep_Phrase

• Misspelling of over time.

Synonyms

extra time, OT

Antonyms

regulation time

Related Words

long-hours culture

Anagrams of overtime