OVERTIME

Overtime

Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw. In most sports, this extra period is only played if the game is required to have a clear winner, as in single-elimination tournaments where only one team or player per match can advance to the next round. In other sports, particularly those prominently played in North America where ties are generally disfavored, some form of overtime is employed for all games.

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overtime

Noun

  1. The working time outside of one's regular hours
    Workers are usually paid extra for working overtime.
  2. An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.
    That last-second shot ties the game 99-99 and sends it to overtime!
  3. The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours.

Adverb

  1. Exceeding regular working hours.


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over time

Adverb

  1. With the passage of time.


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