time sheet

American  

noun

time sheets plural

1. a sheet or card recording the hours worked by an employee, made especially for payroll purposes.

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time sheet British  

noun

1. a card on which are recorded the hours spent working by an employee or employees

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• time sheets
  plural

Etymology

Origin of time sheet

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

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time sheet

She got her time sheet stamped for the spring and was free to retreat back to New York or Palm Beach until she had some new NFTs to sell, I assumed.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2026

“He said ‘no, that’s not true, I authorized his time sheet two days ago.’”

From The Guardian ● May 2, 2018

And there’s a bonus: “I don’t have to fill out a time sheet every day, which I had done for 30 years.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2017

Part of me thinks he was serious when he told me he’s going to keep a time sheet of the time he spends with his family.

From Forbes ● Jun. 15, 2015

And maybe when Prov has checked my time sheet, and handed out, He won't be through by a sight.

From The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon by Cullum, Ridgwell