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clocker

clocker

4.9
A machine that records when employees start and finish work
  • noun
  • /ˈklɑːkər/
  • US
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  • If the clocker is not working, staff must record their hours manually.

Examples

  • Many offices use a clocker to track hours.

  • The clocker beeped when I punched in.

  • The company installed a new clocker to track when employees arrive and leave.

  • If the clocker is not working, staff must record their hours manually.

  • Every morning, workers line up to use the clocker before starting their shifts.

  • The company installed a new clocker to track when employees arrive and leave.

  • Every morning, workers line up to use the clocker before starting their shifts.

Synonyms

time clock
vsclocker
4 3.2

A machine that records when workers start and finish work

has identical meaning but is an alternative name

How Automated

clocker
  • US
4.9
time clock
4 3.2

Surface Forms

clocker singular
clockers plural

Morphology

clocker = clock (semi-transparent) = clock + er

The word is built from the productive agent/instrument suffix '-er', but the specific machine sense is somewhat specialized and less immediately obvious than the base verb.

Etymology

The word clocker comes from clock 'a device for time' and the ending -er 'one who or a thing that does something'. So a clocker is a machine that records when people start and finish work.