off-the-clock

1. 1.

   overtime without extra compensation

   “she often has to work off-the-clock”

Questions about off-the-clock

What does off-the-clock mean?

off-the-clock means "overtime without extra compensation".

How many syllables are in off-the-clock?

off-the-clock has 3 syllables and divides as off--the--clock under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is off-the-clock a common word?

off-the-clock is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.