off-hour work
11hour — [[t]a͟ʊ ə(r)[/t]] ♦ hours 1) N COUNT An hour is a period of sixty minutes. They waited for about two hours... I only slept about half an hour that night. ...a twenty four hour strike... London was an hour away and by the time I arrived the… …
12work — /werrk/, n., adj., v., worked or (Archaic except for 35, 37, 40) wrought; working. n. 1. exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil. 2. something on which exertion or labor is expended; a task or undertaking: The… …
13Off Centre — This article is about the television show. For the book by Damon Knight, see Off Center. Off Centre Intertitle Genre Sitcom …
14Off hand — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in …
15Off one's hands — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in …
16work — 1 verb DO A JOB 1 (I) to do a job that you are paid for: Harry is 78, and still working. (+ for): David works for the BBC. | work as a secretary/builder etc: She works as a management consultant for a design company. | work long hours/nights etc …
17off-the-clock — adj. Describes a work related task that is performed outside of normal office hours for no pay. Example Citation: In the already time poor day of many workers, a new pressure is building. Increasingly, companies are pushing off the clock work,… …
18Off-color humor — The term off color humor (also known as vulgar humor or crude humor) is an Americanism used to describe jokes, prose, poems, black comedy, blue comedy, insult comedy, cringe comedy and skits that deal with topics that are considered to be in poor …
19Medical resident work hours — is a term that refers to the often lengthy shifts worked by medical interns and residents during their medical residency. The issue has become a political football in the United States, where federal regulations do not limit the number of hours… …
20Shift work — is an employment practice designed to make use of the 24 hours of the clock, rather than a standard working day. The term shift work includes both long term night shifts and work schedules in which employees change or rotate shifts. [cite web… …
