time clock

noun

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.

Origin of time clock

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Words nearby time clock

time bill, time bomb, time capsule, time chart, time charter, time clock, time code, time constant, time copy, time deposit, time dilatation

Example sentences from the Web for time clock

At eight, the printers were standing around the time-clock, waiting for it to click the hour.

Nine Men in Time |Noel Miller Loomis
This same man could also have confessed to the first error of his expert career in the handling of a time-clock.

Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in Germany |Horace Porter
She dared not keep Sutton waiting, and fear of the time-clock had become a habit with her.

The Cup of Fury |Rupert Hughes
But none of the other machines was so tyrannical as the time-clock.

The Job |Sinclair Lewis

This story deals with the lives of two people who punched the time-clock.

Americans All |Various

British Dictionary definitions for time clock

time clock

noun

a clock which records, by punching or stamping cards inserted into it, the time of arrival or departure of people, such as employees in a factory

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time clock

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Example sentences from the Web for time clock

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