Used in a Sentence

hourly

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hourly.

Editorial note

It was hourly pay so overtime had to be approved by upper management before it could be done.

Examples13
Definitions4
Parts of speech3

Quick take

Something produced each hour.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hourly gathered in one view.

noun

Something produced each hour.

adjective

Occurring every hour.

adverb

At intervals of an hour.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hourly.

noun

Something produced each hour.

adjective

Occurring every hour.

adverb

At intervals of an hour.

adjective

Unsalaried, paid by the hour; (by extension) blue-collar.

Example sentences

1

It was hourly pay so overtime had to be approved by upper management before it could be done.

2

And there was a companion app that simulated cents trickling into your pocket based on your hourly rate.

3

You might like to consider adding some indication (dotted lines, perhaps) of what the hourly rate for reserved instances is, since this should be approximately a floor on the hourly spot rate.

4

In the 70s the big focus was on the wage-price spiral, so hourly wages and prices paid were important indicators.

5

It would also be good to see the authentic average of hourly worker pay compared to local cost of living.

6

There are also hourly guarantees in many markets, where you get a guaranteed minimum gross fare but one of the conditions is you must accept more than 90% of requests.

7

So instead of paying several people real middle class wages they pay several people to just manage the hourly staff.

8

It goes through blogs hourly to create a top 100 chart for the day.

9

I've been billed out hourly to buy a job by a big firm that always did fixed price.

10

That and an in-house legal team so they pay salary, not outrageous hourly fees.

11

This is another reason not to bill hourly: it forces you into a mindset where you start accounting for things like individual emails.

12

They should be rotating their position every 15 minutes, and taking hourly breaks.

Quote examples

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Yeah, call out charge for washing machine repair is around £100 (minimum), actual cost is travelling 14 mi (at most where I am)@ 50p (that's the reclaimable amount for mileage) plus the "engineer's" hourly amount for perhaps 2 hours (I'm going with £25 per hour gross).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use hourly in a sentence?

It was hourly pay so overtime had to be approved by upper management before it could be done.

What does hourly mean?

Something produced each hour.

What part of speech is hourly?

hourly is commonly used as noun, adjective, adverb.