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extra duty allowance

extra duty allowance

6.0
Extra money employers pay employees for work beyond their normal tasks
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : asignación por deberes extra
  • Employees assigned to cover night shifts received an extra duty allowance for their additional responsibilities.

Examples

  • The school introduced an extra duty allowance for teachers supervising after-school activities.

  • She applied for an extra duty allowance after taking on several special projects last month.

  • The company provides an extra duty allowance for overtime work.

  • Many employees appreciate the extra duty allowance they receive.

  • Employees assigned to cover night shifts received an extra duty allowance for their additional responsibilities.

  • She applied for an extra duty allowance after taking on several special projects last month.

  • The school introduced an extra duty allowance for teachers supervising after-school activities.

Synonyms

extra money
vsextra duty allowance
68 1.3

Money you earn in addition to your regular pay

is a specific payment for employees doing added work
special duty allowance
vsextra duty allowance
6.0

An employer gives extra money to employees who have extra duties

is the same meaning but uses different wording
extraneous duty allowance
vsextra duty allowance
  • Formal
8.9

Extra pay for employees who do work beyond their normal job tasks

is the same meaning but uses alternative phrasing

How Much

big fat bonus
  • Informal
1 3.3
extra duty allowance
  • Specialized
6.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

extra + duty + allowance

The meaning 'an additional payment for duties beyond normal responsibilities' is transparently built from 'extra' (additional) + 'duty' (responsibility) + 'allowance' (amount of money given). This is a regular, compositional noun phrase pattern (payment for extra duties) that a B1 learner who knows the constituents can readily infer, and similar constructions exist in many languages.

Etymology

Extra duty allowance comes from a simple image: when someone does extra work or takes on another person's duty, they get an allowance, a small extra payment. So, it means 'an additional payment' for work 'beyond normal responsibilities'.