Overtime
(noun)
- Extra time worked beyond the scheduled or normal working hours.
- Time worked in addition to the standard working hours in order to complete a task or meet a deadline.
- Extra playing time in a sports game to determine a winner if the game is tied at the end of the regular playing time.
Origin:
The word "overtime" comes from the prefix "over-" which means "above" or "beyond" and the noun "time" which means "a period of time". it was first used in english in the early 1900s.
Examples:
- They had to work overtime to finish the project on time.
- The company pays overtime for hours worked over 8 hours per day.
- The overtime goal in the hockey game was the game-winning goal.
- The overtime pay is time-and-a-half the regular pay rate.
- The overtime work caused the employee to be exhausted.