overtime

overtime
o‧ver‧time /ˈəʊvətaɪm $ ˈoʊvər-/ noun [uncountable]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.
     

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. | 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.