compensatory time

noun [U] (also compensatory time off, also comp time, UK also time off in lieu)

Definition

› HR, WORKPLACE time that an employee who has worked extra hours may take off from work: Compensatory time off may be approved instead of overtime pay.

(Definition of compensatory time noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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