overtime

Universal Words noun [U] 1 time that you spend working at your job after you have worked the normal hours: to do / work overtime * overtime pay / earnings / hours * The union announced a ban on overtime. 2 the money sb earns for doing overtime: They pay ｣58 a day plus overtime. 3 (AmE, sport) = EXTRATIME IDIOMS be working overtime (informal) to be very active or too active: There was nothing to worry about. It was just her imagination working overtime.