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overtimeo‧ver‧time /ˈəʊvətaɪm $ ˈoʊvər-/ ●○○ noun [uncountable]   - Miller scored 9 of his 23 points in overtime.
- Go to No. 16 shed, our big flat store, and ask and if they want overtime.
- He said engineers are working overtime to fix the problems.
- Is there a policy on the use of overtime?
- It had set aside $ 24 million to settle claims by former managers that it had failed to pay required overtime.
- Jaguars quarterback Mark Brunell dislocated a knuckle on his throwing hand late in the fourth quarter of an overtime loss to Pittsburgh.
- The overtime and opportunities for easing which court duty affords is often not compensation enough for the stress it involves.
- The last two came on the road, in overtime, on consecutive nights.
- You worked overtime to finish a project with a drop-dead deadline.
money that you earn in addition to your usual pay► overtime money that is paid to someone for additional hours that they have worked: · Last week Alex earned $300, including ten hours of overtime.· Teachers never get paid overtime. ► bonus money added to someone's pay, especially as a reward for good work: · Liz earned a £1000 bonus for being the best salesperson of the year.· The management offered a large bonus to those workers who stayed to the end of the contract. ► commission money earned by someone whose job is to sell things, based on the value of what they sell: · His basic salary is low, but he gets 20% commission on everything he sells.be on commission (=receive commission every time you sell something): · Most insurance agents are on commission, and some earn a lot of money. ► tip a small amount of money in addition to the ordinary payment, which you give to someone such as a waiter or taxi-driver: · The boy carried my suitcases up to my room and then stood waiting for a tip.· We finished our lunch and left a tip on the table for the waiter. ► fringe benefits the additional things such as holiday pay, free food, or free health insurance, which a worker receives in addition to their pay: · The salary isn't very high, but fringe benefits include free health insurance and a company car. ► perk something valuable or enjoyable that you get from your work apart from pay, especially something you get unofficially: · One of the perks of working for a fashion designer is that you get to wear lots of nice clothes.· It's not always fun being an air hostess, but the perks are good.· The professors regard foreign travel as a perk, and they go to all the international conferences. ► Wagesbonus, noundanger money, noundirect deposit, noundouble time, nounearnings, nounincrement, nounindex-linked, adjectiveliving wage, nounlow-paid, adjectivemeans, nounovertime, nounpay, verbpay, nounpaycheque, nounpayday, nounPAYE, nounpay packet, nounpay rise, nounpayroll, nounpayslip, nounper diem, nounperformance-related pay, nounraise, nounredundancy pay, nounrise, nounsalaried, adjectivesalary, nounsub, nounsub, verbsuperannuation, nounsuperannuation scheme, nountake-home pay, nounwage, nounwage-earner, nounwage-packet, nounweighting, nounwell-paid, adjective verbs► work overtime· He's been working a lot of overtime. ► do overtime· I did three hours overtime yesterday. ► put in overtime (=work overtime)· To earn enough money, he puts in a lot of overtime. adjectives► paid/unpaid overtime· Many teachers do a lot of unpaid overtime. ► unlimited overtime· They offered us a bonus and unlimited overtime. overtime + NOUN► overtime pay/payments/earnings· The salary figure does not include overtime pay.· If Joe worked 100 hours overtime at time and a half, his overtime payments would be $15,662. ► overtime rates (=payments that are set according to a standard scale)· Generous overtime rates are paid for late-night and weekend work. ► overtime pay (=for extra hours that you work)· Their bosses had to approve any overtime pay. ADJECTIVE► excessive· A factor in this was excessive overtime with many signalmen working 7 days a week for a month.· A working culture which allows excessive overtime encourages sub-standard work, and poor inspection.· It hopes to make a fresh attempt to limit excessive overtime, heavily criticised in the report. ► unpaid· All bloody unpaid overtime, this job.· Christofferson, however, kept track of his unpaid overtime hours and by June had amassed almost 500.· Recently he has found himself working late in the office, unpaid overtime, trying to get the damned thing right.· Techniques of avoidance, easing strategies, were especially important to prevent unpaid overtime. ► working· It looked as if his karma was working overtime.· Soon after I left them, they were working overtime to fulfil a big order, when there was a breakdown.· His brain was working overtime and he just stood there goggling.· His brain was working overtime now.· This means a slight rise in the wages account which is no different than working overtime for cleaning and maintenance of machinery.· Oh, and all border points are on full alert - guards doubled, searchlights on the border working overtime.· Their local maternity unit was working overtime. NOUN► ban· In 1996 a national overtime ban by prison officers sparked off riots in seventeen prisons.· It is thought that a complete overtime ban will go ahead.· An overtime ban started at 7.30am yesterday and will affect the company's factories at Llandudno Junction and Bodelwyddan.· On October 31st, 1983, an indefinite overtime ban was called in protest against pit closures. ► pay· They receive no overtime pay, nor do they get any holiday money or sickness benefit.· Would you add in overtime pay when listing your annual salary?· But no: the firm decided instead to eliminate overtime pay for workers at its packaging and distribution center.· Their bosses, who had to approve any overtime pay, wouldn't do it.· As a result, employees who now put in, say, four 10-hour days no longer would earn extra overtime pay. ► payment· Cuts in salaries, bonuses and overtime payments have reduced many family-incomes and caused a sharp drop in consumer spending.· Under this scenario, his base grows more slowly, as do his overtime payments. ► work· It is not unusual for this kind of person to carry home overtime work and to go to work on holidays. VERB► require· It had set aside $ 24 million to settle claims by former managers that it had failed to pay required overtime.· California law is more stringent, requiring that overtime must be paid to anyone working more than eight hours in a day. ► be working overtime- Price's wit and sarcasm are working overtime in this production.
- He said engineers are working overtime to fix the problems.
- His brain was working overtime and he just stood there goggling.
- His brain was working overtime now.
- It looked as if his karma was working overtime.
- Meanwhile, aluminum manufacturers were working overtime to supply the armament industry.
- Soon after I left them, they were working overtime to fulfil a big order, when there was a breakdown.
- Their local maternity unit was working overtime.
- Then he announced gleefully that light bulb orders had jumped, suggesting that factories were working overtime.
nountimeovertimetimertimingtimelessnessadjectivetimelesstimely ≠ untimelyverbtimeadverbtimelessly 1time that you spend working in your job in addition to your normal working hours:  six hours’ overtime They’re working overtime to get the job finished. He’s been doing a lot of overtime recently. Many employees work countless hours of unpaid overtime. Many of our offices will be working on overtime until the end of the year.2the money that you are paid for working more hours than usual: He earns £450 a week, including overtime.3be working overtime informal to be very active: As she put down the phone, her brain was working overtime. His senses were working overtime.4 American English a period of time added to the end of a sports game to give one of the two teams a chance to win SYN extra time British Englishin overtime Steve Smith scored all nine of the Hawks’ points in overtime.COLLOCATIONSverbswork overtime· He's been working a lot of overtime.do overtime· I did three hours overtime yesterday.put in overtime (=work overtime)· To earn enough money, he puts in a lot of overtime.adjectivespaid/unpaid overtime· Many teachers do a lot of unpaid overtime.unlimited overtime· They offered us a bonus and unlimited overtime.overtime + NOUNovertime pay/payments/earnings· The salary figure does not include overtime pay.· If Joe worked 100 hours overtime at time and a half, his overtime payments would be $15,662.overtime rates (=payments that are set according to a standard scale)· Generous overtime rates are paid for late-night and weekend work. |