overtime

noun

Definition of overtimenext
as in double time

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Recent Examples of overtime The bill also promised to increase tipped and overtime workers’ take-home pay by $1,500 a year, and has reportedly increased after-tax income for a typical two-child family by $7,600 to $10,900. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026 Instead, the state established a minimum monthly wage for herders that included $2,934 in regular wages and an additional $1,887 in overtime wages. — Velvet Wu august 2, Sacbee.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Cloud had 11 points and DiJonai Carrington 10 for the Sky (11-18), who were 0-6 in overtime and one-score games. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026 The department even dealt with budgetary issues tied to the millions of dollars in settlement payouts, as well as overtime, just this year. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for overtime
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overtime
  1. double time
  2. wage
  3. salary
  4. minimum wage
  5. paycheck
  6. living wage
  7. compensation
  8. time and a half
Noun
  • The district also agreed to shift to a weekly overtime threshold, allowing full-time employees to get time-and-a-half on their sixth consecutive work day and double time on the seventh day.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
  • Companies run with limited staff and often pay technicians double time, which drives up the bills homeowners pay.
    — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Definition of double time
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  • As most clubs don’t publish player wage bills, precise estimates of their squad costs are difficult to make.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Furthermore, extreme pay disparities exist, from low-wage support staff to multi-million dollar executive and athletic salaries, often tracking scale over prestige.
    — Scott White, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of wage
Noun
  • The additional pension costs imposed by AB 1383 would leave cities with less money for staffing, salaries, and other public services or require significant tax increases.
    — Mariana Trujillo, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Without his salary, Bondele says, paying rent, buying food and phone credit, covering transportation costs and paying water bills have become daily struggles.
    — Prosper Heri Ngorora, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of salary
Noun
  • Kim, 49, a member of San Francisco’s board of supervisors from 2011 to 2019, has touted her advocacy for California’s first $15 minimum wage and making the city’s community college tuition free, among other progressive causes.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Raise the minimum wage, expand overtime pay, get rid of tax breaks for the top 1%, create a cost of living tax cut, give small businesses a tax cut and rebuild labor unions.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of minimum wage
Noun
  • Those who dare are going mobile to quietly deliver services that once yielded paychecks.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2026
  • His paycheck once spread through the local economy in ordinary ways.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of paycheck
Noun
  • The announcement follows similar action taken by workers at various branches of the V&A Museum in London, who voted to strike over pay, working conditions, and the institution’s refusal to seek living wage accreditation.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Maybe that means hiring full-time refs and paying them a living wage.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of living wage
Noun
  • According to the interim deal signed in June, a schedule to end sanctions and plan on compensation would be part of the final deal, and negotiations would address frozen assets.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Salary transparency is fundamentally reshaping how individuals approach their careers, providing unprecedented access to compensation data.
    — Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of compensation
Noun
  • In Rhode Island, most hourly workers are required to be paid time and a half on Sundays and holidays.
    — Wheeler Cowperthwaite, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Paying employees time and a half inflates state agencies’ payroll costs, but often the practice is unavoidable to fill critical staffing gaps.
    — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of time and a half

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