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overtime

/ˈoʊ.vɚˌtaɪm/ noun B2
  1. Working time outside of one's regular hours. (uncountable) · Workers are usually paid extra for working overtime.
  2. The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours. (uncountable)
  3. An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation. (US, countable) · That last-second shot ties the game 99-99 and sends it to overtime!
  4. Extra laps after the set race length of laps or time, to allow for a green-white-checkered finish. (US, countable, uncountable)
  5. A period of time longer than scheduled. (countable, uncountable)
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see over, time. (countable, uncountable)

Plural overtimes

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