overplus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of overplus
1350–1400; Middle English; partial translation of Old French surplus surplus
Example Sentences
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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.
From Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) by Nye, Bill
Surplus, sur′plus, n. the overplus: excess above what is required.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
The overplus, which will come to about thirty pounds each, is to be applied for the relief of the widows and orphans of those who have nobly fallen in the action.
From Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I by Ross, John, Sir
When this process is performed with exact attention to chemical laws, so that the acid and alkali completely neutralize each other, leaving no overplus of either, the result is often very 160 palatable.
From Household Papers and Stories by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Why should this overplus, of more than seven millions of pounds of meal, be sent to this prison, when the army of Virginia was calling loudly for grain?
From Martyria or Andersonville Prison by Hamlin, Augustus C.
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