third shift

third shift
 n.β€” Β«For instance, a manufacturing partner with a contract to run two shifts per day could potentially order excess materials from the suppliers, run a third shift making the company’s product and sell that product into another market where the company does not do business.Β» β€”by Ron Epperson, Jerry Wald Metropolitan Corporate Counsel Dec., 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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