Overtime

English

Noun

overtime (countable and uncountable; plural Overtimes)

1. (uncountable) The working time outside of one's regular hours

   Workers are usually paid extra for working overtime.

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

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

3. (uncountable) The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours.

Synonyms

• (extra period of play) extra time

Derived terms

• over-timer, overtimer

Adverb

Overtime (not comparable)

1. Exceeding regular working hours.

Thesaurus

anchor watch, bit, day shift, dogwatch, full time, graveyard shift, half time, lobster trick, night shift, part time, relay, shift, split schedule, split shift, stint, sunrise watch, swing shift, time, tour, tour of duty, trick, turn, turn of work, watch, work shift

Translations

Noun

worktime

Chinese: Mandarin: 加班 (cmn) (jiābān) Czech: přesčas (cs) m. Finnish: ylityö (fi) French: heures supplémentaires (fr) f. pl. German: Überstunden (de) f. pl. Hungarian: túlóra (hu)

Italian: straordinari (it) m. pl. Japanese: 残業 (ja) (ざんぎょう, zangyō) Korean: 시간외 근무 (sigan-oe geunmu) Portuguese: hora extra (pt) Russian: сверхурочное время (ru) (sverxuróčnoje vrémja) n., сверхурочная работа (ru) (sverxuróčnaja rabóta) f., овертайм (ru) (overtájm) m. Scottish Gaelic: seach-thìm (gd) f.

extra period in sports

Arabic: وقت إضافي (ar) (waqt 'iDaafiy) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 加時 (cmn) pl., 加时 (cmn) (jiāshí) Finnish: jatkoaika (fi)

French: prolongation (fr) f. German: Verlängerung (de) f. Japanese: オーバータイム (ja) (ōbātaimu), 延長戦 (ja) (えんちょうせん, enchōsen) Russian: овертайм (ru) (overtájm) m., дополнительное время (ru) (dopolnítel'noje vrémja) n.

pay for overtime work

Finnish: ylityökorvaus (fi) Hungarian: túlóra (hu)

Korean: 시간외 수당 (sigan-oe sudang) Russian: сверхурочные (ru) (sverxuróčnyje) pl., овертайм (ru) (overtájm) m.

Adverb

exceeding regular working hours

Czech: přesčas (cs)