overplus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of overplus
1350–1400; Middle English; partial translation of Old French surplus surplus
Example Sentences
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His business is no longer to produce the supplies for his family and to share the small overplus with society.
From The Holy Earth by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)
Now, it is clear, that in this case a schoolmaster can subsist; since, in the course of the very first year, he gets an overplus beyond this dockmoney of his office.
From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul
The successful farmer is the one who produces more than he needs for his support; and the overplus he does not keep; and, moreover, his own needs are easily satisfied.
From The Holy Earth by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)
If in his longer poems there is sometimes a lack of last finish, and an overplus of language—there is a frankness of utterance and a billowy undulation of movement that have compensating charms.
From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Mitchell, Donald G.
There was a very great overplus of every thing, it seemed, in the world.
From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
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