overtime pay
noun
: money earned at an increased rate for working more than the usual number of hours in one week
When he works on the weekends, he collects overtime pay.
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Trump on July 4 signed a measure that extends his 2017 tax cuts and includes new tax breaks, including on tipped wages, overtime pay and car loans.
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Zac Anderson, USA Today, 22 July 2025
Total overtime pay for the year exceeded the budgeted amount by more than $300,000.
—arkansasonline.com, 11 July 2025
As previously reported by USA TODAY, those who are expected to benefit the most from the bill are high-income earners, families with children, car buyers, those with overtime pay and workers who receive tips.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 8 July 2025
Here's what to know about no tax on tips and overtime pay, including when Wisconsin workers may begin seeing the deductions:
How will no tax on tips, overtime work?
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
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Zac Anderson, USA Today, 22 July 2025
Total overtime pay for the year exceeded the budgeted amount by more than $300,000.
—arkansasonline.com, 11 July 2025
As previously reported by USA TODAY, those who are expected to benefit the most from the bill are high-income earners, families with children, car buyers, those with overtime pay and workers who receive tips.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 8 July 2025
Here's what to know about no tax on tips and overtime pay, including when Wisconsin workers may begin seeing the deductions:
How will no tax on tips, overtime work?
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for overtime pay
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“Overtime pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overtime%20pay. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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