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double time

noun [U]
 
 

Definition

If you are paid double time, you are paid twice the usual amount for the time that you spend working, usually because you are working at the weekend or on an official holiday.Earning money and money earned
(Definition of double time noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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