If you arepaiddoubletime, you arepaidtwicetheusualamountfor thetimethat youspendworking, usually because you areworkingat theweekendor on anofficialholiday. If youworkdoubletime, youworktwiceaslongasnormal.
He says he'll have it up in two months and ready to open, if he has to make the men work double time.
double time
noun[U]
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double timenoun[U](WORK)
If you arepaiddoubletime, you arepaidtwicetheusualamountfor thetimethat youspendworking, usually because you areworkingat theweekendor on anofficialholiday. If youworkdoubletime, youworktwiceaslongasnormal.
Harmonisation would make us put our clocks back, if we did not move to single—doubletimeat that date.
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Rocky's flow throughout the mixtape is tempered, and his delivery ranges from nonchalant rhymes to forcefuldoubletime.
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The trouble is that the premise ofdoubletimebeing a universal standard simply does not hold true.
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For example, some paydoubletimefor overtime, some pay time and a half, and others do not pay for overtime. 31.
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However, when disregarding the stochastic element, ignoring thedoubletimescale and replacing the model (1) with a biomass model, the basic economic trade-off may be illustrated.
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Voluntary overtime often has the advantage of very good wages of time and a half or weekend working atdoubletime.
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The small print is not aboutdoubletimeand not about protection for workers.
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I suggest that there are three reasons why many large companies are willing to paydoubletimeor significant premium payments short ofdoubletime.
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A lot of trade union agreements contains precisely the same provision in regard todoubletime, and so on.
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However, restrictive practices and the business of payingdoubletimewhen it is not necessary have ended.
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To include statutorydoubletimewould take that far, far beyond what any other worker has.
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Is it time and a quarter, time and a half, ordoubletime?
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After all, special terms are to be granted to the owners of munition factories for the depreciation of machinery owing to their workingdoubletime.
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Overtime rates are applicable, and these are paid on a basis ofdoubletime.
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For some it may not be an inconvenience, indeed for a few it may be welcomed, asdoubletimemay well help the family budget.
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