overtime
advEtymology From over- + time.
1
Exceeding regular working hours.
2
Beyond the normal or usual extent.
- He worked his mighty money-spinner overtime.1996, Jon Byrell, Lairs, Urgers and Coat-Tuggers, Sydney: Ironbark, page 186:
overtime
nounUK /ˈəʊ.və.taɪm/ · US /ˈoʊ.vɚˌtaɪm/
Etymology From over- + time.
1
Working time outside of one's regular hours.
- Workers are usually paid extra for working overtime.
- Nor is it good for the name of the railway industry that skilled men should have to put in so much overtime to keep up financially with the Joneses in other walks of life.1962 February, “Talking of Trains: Signalmen's rewards”, in Modern Railways, page 82:
2
The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours.
3
Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports US 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!
- Canada’s men’s hockey team defeated the USA 3-2 in overtime Thursday to capture the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off Championship as the NHL put on a show in the first edition of this midseason international tournament.2025 February 20, Homero De la Fuente, “Canada beats Team USA in overtime thriller to win hockey’s first-ever 4 Nations Face-off championship”, in CNN:
4
A period of time longer than scheduled.
- Little need be said about the remainder of the run; the Dumfries-Annan and Annan-Carlisle times are very sharp with such loads, and the driver was just observing them, with nothing in hand, though overtime at stations made us late into Carlisle.1943 January and February, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 17:
- Derived terms
- ban overtime, Chinese overtime, overtime ban, over-timer, overtimer