Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management
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overpaid 190 ownership<br />
ning. The answer to our overmanning<br />
problem must be redundancies.<br />
overpaid /əυvəpeId/ adjective paid<br />
too much Our staff are overpaid and<br />
underworked.<br />
overproduce /əυvəprədjus/ verb<br />
to produce too much <strong>of</strong> a product<br />
overproduction /əυvəprədkʃən/<br />
noun the manufacturing <strong>of</strong> too much <strong>of</strong><br />
a product<br />
overqualified /əυvəkwɒlIfaId/ adjective<br />
having too many skills for a job<br />
With a degree in business studies she<br />
is overqualified to be an ordinary shop<br />
floor worker.<br />
overrated /əυvəreItId/ adjective<br />
valued more highly than it should be <br />
The effect <strong>of</strong> the dollar on European<br />
business cannot be overrated. Their<br />
‘first-class service’ is very overrated.<br />
overrepresent /əυvəreprIzent/<br />
verb to give one group more representatives<br />
than another This group <strong>of</strong><br />
workers are overrepresented on the<br />
management committee.<br />
override /əυvəraId/ verb not to do<br />
something which has been decided to<br />
override an order<br />
overrule /əυvərul/ verb to decide<br />
against something which has been decided<br />
to overrule a decision<br />
overrun /əυvərn/ verb to go beyond<br />
a limit The workers overran the<br />
time limit set by the production manager.<br />
(NOTE: overrunning – overran –<br />
overrun)<br />
overseas /əυvəsiz/ adjective, adverb<br />
across the sea or to foreign countries<br />
<strong>Management</strong> trainees knew that<br />
they would be sent overseas to learn<br />
about the export markets. Some workers<br />
are going overseas to find new jobs.<br />
overseas call /əυvəsiz kɔl/ noun<br />
a call to another country<br />
oversee /əυvəsi/ verb to supervise<br />
(NOTE: overseeing – oversaw –<br />
overseen)<br />
overseer /əυvəsIə/ noun a person<br />
who supervises other workers<br />
overstaffed /əυvəstɑft/ adjective<br />
with more employees than are needed to<br />
do the work <strong>of</strong> the company<br />
overtime /əυvətaIm/ noun hours<br />
worked more than the normal working<br />
time to work six hours’ overtime <br />
The overtime rate is one and a half<br />
times normal pay. He worked six<br />
hours’ overtime last week. adverb <br />
to work overtime to work longer hours<br />
than stated in the contract <strong>of</strong><br />
employment<br />
overtime ban /əυvətaIm bn/ noun<br />
an order by a trade union which forbids<br />
overtime work by its members<br />
overtime pay /əυvətaIm peI/ noun<br />
pay for extra time worked<br />
overtime rate /əυvətaIm reIt/ noun<br />
the rate <strong>of</strong> pay for extra time worked<br />
overturn /əυvətn/ verb to overturn<br />
a decision <strong>of</strong> a tribunal to cancel<br />
a decision made previously<br />
overwork /əυvəwk/ noun she is<br />
suffering from overwork she has too<br />
much work and this is making her ill<br />
overworked /əυvəwkt/ adjective<br />
having too much work to do Our staff<br />
complain <strong>of</strong> being underpaid and<br />
overworked.<br />
own /əυn/ verb to have or to possess <br />
He owns 50% <strong>of</strong> the shares.<br />
owner /əυnə/ noun a person who<br />
owns something<br />
ownership /əυnəʃIp/ noun the fact<br />
<strong>of</strong> owning something
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