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 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
Fifteen pounds of luggage are allowed, and twenty-one francs per cent is charged for the overplus.
From Memoranda on Tours and Touraine Including remarks on the climate with a sketch of the Botany And Geology of the Province also on the Wines and Mineral Waters of France by Holdsworth, J. H.
Foremost is the sun, of course, because of the overplus of light.
From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck
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.
Let Nature but interpose a sheet of water or a bit of wood, and the merriest joy-bells that ever rang are infused with that melancholy which is the overplus of rapture.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 by Various
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