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double time
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double time
(noun)
double time
noun
double time
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of DOUBLE TIME
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noncount
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:
payment of a worker at two times the usual rate
She was paid
double time
[=she was paid twice as much as usual] for working on Thanksgiving.
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