time clock

time clock
noun
clock used to record the hours that people work (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms: ↑clock

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noun
: a clock with a device to record the times of arrival and departure of employees or the time at which a job is begun or completed — compare telltale 3a

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a clock with an attachment that may be manually activated to stamp or otherwise record the exact time on a card or tape, used to keep a record of the time of something, as of the arrival and departure of employees.
[1885-90, Amer.]

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time clock noun
A clocklike apparatus that stamps on cards the time of arrival and departure of eg office or factory workers
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Main Entry: ↑time

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time clock UK US noun [countable] [singular time clock plural time clocks]
a piece of equipment that records what time people arrive at work and what time they leave
Thesaurus: clocks, watches and instruments that measure timehyponym parts of clocks and watchesmeronym

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time clock,
a clock with a device to record the time when workers arrive and leave or to release locks on the doors of bank vaults or other mechanisms.

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n. a clock with a device for recording employees' times of arrival and departure

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noun, pl ⋯ clocks [count]
: a special clock that is used to record the times when an employee starts and stops working

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ˈtime clock f37 [time clock time clocks] noun
a special clock that records the exact time that sb starts and finishes work

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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