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overplus
[oh-ver-pluhs]
noun
an excess over a particular amount; surplus.
After the harvest the overplus was distributed among the tenantry.
overplus
/ ˈəʊəˌʌ /
noun
surplus or excess quantity
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
The 427 overplus, which is not very considerable, goes to the profit of the city.
Her cloudy condition possibly indicates an overplus of water.
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 dock-money of his office.
Surplus, sur′plus, n. the overplus: excess above what is required.—n.
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.
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