(uncountable) Working time outside of one's regular hours.
Workers are usually paid extra for working overtime.
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(uncountable) The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours.
That last-second shot ties the game 99-99 and sends it to overtime!
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(sports, countable, US) An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.
Canada’s men’s hockey team defeated the USA 3-2 in overtime Thursday to capture the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off Championship as the NHL put on a show in the first edition of this midseason international tournament.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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