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time card
noun
: a card used with a time clock to record an employee's starting and quitting times each day or on each job
Examples of time card in a Sentence
Don't forget to punch your time card on your way out.
Recent Examples on the Web
Several suggested that anyone taking home that amount must be fudging their time cards, though no evidence has emerged to back up that theory.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
Square also has a mobile app called Teams, where payroll managers can log in to view employee records, run payroll and see payroll histories, work with benefits and tax forms, and manage time cards and schedules.
—PCMAG, 1 May 2024
The attorney general also alleges the business falsified pay stubs and destroyed time cards.
—Trent Abrego, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2024
Allegations of misconduct by the supervisors had been circulating in the department for months prior to the August announcement, including allegations that Gruner committed time card fraud with Contreras’ approval.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2023
The next class would cover time cards and call sheets.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2023
Writing is not some industrialized, mechanized process; there is no time card.
—Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
Following the update, the financial system and Kronos Workforce Central Solution System’s time card programs did not sync, incorrectly transferring timecard data.
—Josephine Peterson, Dallas News, 6 July 2023
Inside, a detective found a trash bag containing rags and paper towels appearing to be stained with blood, a delivery bag similar to the one the victim was seen carrying in the surveillance footage and a time card with Solis’ name on it, the document said.
—Amy Simonson, CNN, 26 Apr. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1891, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Time card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20card. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
time card
noun
: a card used with a time clock to record an employee's starting and quitting times each day
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