overtime

adverb/ˈoʊvərˌtaɪm/

Frequency rank: #4,561 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

time worked beyond normal working hours, or the pay received for such work.

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Example sentence

She worked overtime every night this week to finish the project on time.

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