overplus

[ oh-ver-pluhs ]

noun

1. an excess over a particular amount; surplus:

   After the harvest the overplus was distributed among the tenantry.

overplus

/ ˈəʊvəˌplʌs /

noun

1. surplus or excess quantity

Word History and Origins

Origin of overplus¹

1350–1400; Middle English; partial translation of Old French surplus surplus

Example Sentences

But the undertakers should make no private advantage of such an overplus; there might be ways enough found for it.

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Consider man, as Metchnikoff describes him, with his overplus of sex energy.

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The dam was full, and through a cut-off the overplus water was escaping with a roar.

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There is also an overplus of conversation through the thing that seems like talking at a mark for $2 a week.

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What I was goin' to ask you, Cap'n Sproul, was whether there ain't an overplus in some departments?

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Related Words

• glut
• plethora
• profusion