Usually means: Twice the normal work rate.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word double time:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. double-time, double time: Merriam-Webster
  2. double time: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. double-time, double time: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. double-time, double-time, double time: Collins English Dictionary
  5. double time: Vocabulary.com
  6. double-time, double time: Wordnik
  7. double time: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. double-time, double time: Wiktionary
  9. double-time, double time: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. double time: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Double time, double-time, double time: Dictionary.com
  12. Double Time (Leon Redbone album), Double Time (disambiguation), Double Time, Double-time, Double time: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. double time: Rhymezone
  14. double time: FreeDictionary.org
  15. double time: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. double-time, double time: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. double time: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. double time: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Double Time, double-time: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

(Note: See double_times as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (double time)

noun:  (military) A fast marching pace of 180 steps per minute, 36 inches in length for the Marine Corps and Navy, 30 inches in length for the Army. It is not really double the speed of quick time as quick time is 112-120 steps per minute.
noun:  (music) A musical rhythm twice as fast as the overall beat, with this pattern of note lengths: 3/16 3/16 1/4 3/16 3/16.
noun:  (dance) A dance step pattern with six steps.
noun:  A rate of pay that is twice the normal rate (for reasons such as working on a holiday or working hazardous duty).

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