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Overtime \O"ver*time`\, n.
1. Time beyond, or in excess of, a limit; esp., extra working
time.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Sports) An extra period of time provided to play a game,
beyond the end of the normal period allowed for the game,
for the purpose of resolving a tie score; as, the team won
in overtime.
[PJC]

{sudden death overtime} an overtime[2] in which the first
team to score wins the game; -- contrasted with normal
overtime[2], which is a fixed period of time during which
either team may score as often as they can.
[PJC]