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overtime

 
 
/ˈəʊvətaɪm/ adverb

Definition

after the usual time needed or expected in a job: Utility crews are working overtime to restore service which was knocked out by ice storms.
(Definition of overtime adverb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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