extra duty
More work required
Extra duty is additional work assigned as punishment, especially in military contexts.
A soldier might receive extra duty for minor infractions—cleaning latrines, polishing equipment, or standing watch beyond normal shifts.
He got two weeks of extra duty for showing up late to formation.
The term sometimes appears in civilian workplaces for mandatory overtime or undesirable assignments.
- overtimeWork beyond scheduled hours
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- work detailAssigned labor crew
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- shiftMovement or work period
night shift · guard · punishment · chores · tasks · kitchen patrol · mess hall · detail · fatigue · field exercises · watch · rotation · barracks · military · mandatory · labor · discipline · weekend
- military disciplinedemerits, saluting, discipline, chain of command, drill
- military punishmentsflogging, lashing, whipping, court-martial, brig
- military prisonsmilitary prison, military brig, brig, stockade, Leavenworth
extra dutyregular hours
Fixed, consistent work times
reduced hours · part-time · light duty · nine-to-five · reduced workload
extra, duty, extras, duties, extraneous, extraordinary, extraordinarily, dutiful, dutifully