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Overtime

Meaning in business english, with examples

/ˈoʊvərtaɪm/nounCore term

In business english, overtime means: Time worked beyond your normal working hours, or the extra money paid for that time.

In Turkish: fazla mesai, mesai dışı çalışma

How it is used

You work, do or get paid overtime; 'unpaid overtime' is common in office jobs. Rules on overtime pay depend on the country and the contract. As an adverb: 'We worked overtime to finish the audit'.

Example sentences

  1. The warehouse team has been doing a lot of overtime since the sale started.

  2. Is overtime paid, or do we get time off instead?

Common collocations

  • work overtime
  • do overtime
  • paid overtime
  • unpaid overtime
  • overtime pay
  • workloadThe amount of work that a person or a team has to do in a given period of time.
  • annual leaveThe paid days off work that an employee is entitled to each year, often used for holidays.
  • deadlineThe latest date or time by which a piece of work must be finished, sent or delivered.
  • HRShort for human resources: the department that deals with hiring, contracts, pay, training, leave and employee relations.

This word in other fields

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