From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
1. Time beyond, or in excess of, a limit; esp., extra working time.
2. (Sports) An extra period of time provided to play a game, beyond the end of the normal period allowed for the game, for the purpose of resolving a tie score; as, the team won in overtime. [PJC]
{sudden death overtime} an overtime[2] in which the first team to score wins the game; -- contrasted with normal overtime[2], which is a fixed period of time during which either team may score as often as they can. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: work done in addition to regular working hours
2: playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie [syn: {extra time}] [ant: {regulation time}]
adverb
1: beyond the regular time; "she often has to work overtime"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "overtime": anchor watch, bit, day shift, dogwatch, full time, graveyard shift, half time, lobster trick, night shift, part time, relay, shift, split schedule, split shift, stint, sunrise watch, swing shift, time, tour, tour of duty, trick, turn, turn of work, watch, work shift
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