an act

English translation: (to) punch in/out

22:52 Nov 15, 2004

English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Accounting

English term or phrase: an act

I need a noun. ..
When employees come to work, they need to put some kind of card to a machine. The machine will record his/her arrival and departure time.
What do you call this process. Please give lot of answer so I can choose.

adda

Selected answer:(to) punch in/out

Explanation:
to punch in
to punch out

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When employess come to work, they punch in; when they leave, they punch out.

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Note added at 5 mins (2004-11-15 22:57:03 GMT)
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employees

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Note added at 23 mins (2004-11-15 23:15:17 GMT)
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http://www.tulane.edu/~labs/tech/howto/pc_clock.shtml

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Julie Roy
Canada
Local time: 17:03

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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

4 +3

(to) punch in/out

Julie Roy

4 +2

to clock in / to punch in

NGK

5 +1

clocking in, clocking on

Neil Phillipson

punch a time clock

airmailrpl

(to) clock in / out

Derek Gill Franßen

clock-in

Refugio

Answers

6 mins confidence:

(to) clock in / out

Explanation:
to clock in
to clock out
"The employees clock in when they arrive at work."
;-)

Derek Gill Franßen
Germany
Local time: 23:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

to clock in / to punch in

Explanation:
clock in, clock on, punch in - register one's arrival at work
clock off, clock out, punch out - register one's departure from work

Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/clock%20in

NGK
United States
Local time: 16:03
Native speaker of:

English,

German

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

clocking in, clocking on

Explanation:
We say this in the UK because traditionally the machine records the time that the clock says onto the employee's card.

Come to work - clocking in, clocking on
Leaving work - clocking off

Neil.

Neil Phillipson
Local time: 04:03
Native speaker of: English

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

(to) punch in/out

Julie Roy
Canada
Local time: 17:03
Native speaker of:

French,

English

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4 hrs confidence:

clock-in

Explanation:
the noun

Refugio
Local time: 14:03
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

1 day 9 hrs confidence:

punch a time clock

Explanation:
Results 1 - 30 of about 4,210 for "punch a time clock". (0.37 seconds)

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Employment Law: Management required to punch a clock
... district. Yesterday, our director informed all of his supervisory staff that as of next week, we are required to punch a time clock. ...
experts.about.com/q/924/3542300.htm

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 18:03
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

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