See comp time on Wiktionary
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"The act of an employer granting an employee paid time off instead of overtime pay in compensation for additional hours of work."
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"paid",
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"time off",
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"overtime",
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"additional",
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"hour",
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"qualifier": "labour law; human resources; labour law; human resources",
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"(US, labour law, human resources) The act of an employer granting an employee paid time off instead of overtime pay in compensation for additional hours of work."
],
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"word": "compensatory time"
},
{
"word": "time off in lieu"
},
{
"word": "TOIL"
},
{
"word": "banked time"
},
{
"word": "bank time"
}
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"word": "comp time"
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"The act of an employer granting an employee paid time off instead of overtime pay in compensation for additional hours of work."
],
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"labour law",
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],
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"human resources",
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"act",
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],
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"employer",
"employer"
],
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"grant",
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"employee",
"employee"
],
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"paid",
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[
"time off",
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[
"overtime",
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[
"pay",
"pay"
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[
"compensation",
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[
"additional",
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],
[
"hour",
"hour"
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[
"work",
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],
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],
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},
{
"word": "time off in lieu"
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{
"word": "TOIL"
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{
"word": "banked time"
},
{
"word": "bank time"
}
],
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"US",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"word": "comp time"
}
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