pay overtime

  • 11overtime — noun 1 work ADJECTIVE ▪ excessive ▪ Doctors work excessive unpaid overtime. ▪ paid, unpaid ▪ forced, mandatory (both AmE) …

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  • 12overtime — o|ver|time [ˈəuvətaım US ˈouvər ] n [U] 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. ▪… …

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  • 13overtime — noun /ˈoʊvətaɪm / (say ohvuhtuym) 1. time during which one works before or after regularly scheduled working hours; extra time. 2. pay for such time. –adverb /ˈoʊvətaɪm / (say ohvuhtuym) 3. during extra time: to work overtime. –adjective… …

  • 14overtime — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)taɪm[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Overtime is time that you spend doing your job in addition to your normal working hours. He would work overtime, without pay, to finish a job... Union leaders had urged miners to vote in favour of an overtime… …

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  • 15overtime — o|ver|time1 [ ouvər,taım ] noun uncount * 1. ) extra hours that someone works at their job: work overtime: I ve been working a lot of overtime lately. overtime work/pay/rates a ) the money that someone is paid for the extra hours they work: Do… …

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  • 16overtime — noun (U) 1 time that you spend working in your job in addition to your normal working hours: six hours overtime | overtime pay | work overtime: They re working overtime to get the job finished. 2 the money that you are paid for working more hours …

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  • 17overtime — I UK [ˈəʊvə(r)ˌtaɪm] / US [ˈoʊvərˌtaɪm] noun [uncountable] * 1) a) extra hours that someone works at their job overtime work/pay/rates work overtime: I ve been working a lot of overtime lately. b) the money that someone is paid for the extra… …

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  • 18pay — pay1 W1S1 [peı] v past tense and past participle paid [peıd] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(give money)¦ 2¦(bill/tax/rent)¦ 3¦(wage/salary)¦ 4 pay attention (to somebody/something) 5¦(legal cost)¦ 6¦(say something good)¦ 7¦(good result)¦ 8¦(profit)¦ …

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  • 19pay — pay1 [ peı ] (present participle paying; past tense and past participle paid [ peıd ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to give money in order to buy something: pay for: Let me pay for dinner. pay someone for something: Can I pay you for …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20pay */*/*/ — I UK [peɪ] / US verb Word forms pay : present tense I/you/we/they pay he/she/it pays present participle paying past tense paid UK [peɪd] / US past participle paid Get it right: pay: The verb pay is never followed by a direct object that refers to …

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