overtime
/ˈoʊ.vɚˌtaɪm/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.94 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours.
Uncountable
noun
An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.
American usage; Countable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "He worked his mighty money-spinner overtime."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English overtime From over- + time.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈoʊ.vɚˌtaɪm/
- British English: /ˈəʊ.və.taɪm/
Usage
- Uncountable
- American usage
- Countable
- Transitive verb