o ‧ ver ‧ time /ˈəʊvətaɪm $ ˈoʊvər-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ time , ↑ overtime , ↑ timer , ↑ timing , ↑ timelessness ; adjective : ↑ timeless , ↑ timely ≠ ↑ untimely ; verb : ↑ time ; adverb : ↑ timelessly ]
1 . time 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.
2 . the money that you are paid for working more hours than usual:
He earns £450 a week, including overtime.
3 . be 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 English
in overtime
Steve Smith scored all nine of the Hawks’ points in overtime.
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COLLOCATIONS
■ 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.
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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.