overplus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of overplus
1350–1400; Middle English; partial translation of Old French surplus surplus
Example Sentences
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Milford was settled partly from New Haven and partly from Wethersfield, where an overplus of clergy was leading to disputes and many withdrawals to other parts.
From The Fathers of New England A Chronicle of the Puritan Commonwealths by Charles McLean Andrews
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 Augustus C. Hamlin
“You may judge, my lord; the poor people pay with the overplus of the harvest; this year there has been no overplus; on the contrary, every one is behind in point even of necessities.”
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni
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 L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey
And in this sense it was perfectly normal, healthy, and sound, more especially in so far as it provided for the gradual drawing away overplus metal to the East.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw
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