overfrank

overfrank

English

Etymology

over +‎ frank

Verb

overfrank (third-person singular simple present overfranks, present participle overfranking, simple past and past participle overfranked)

1. To pay excessive franking credits.
   • 2003, Lyndal Taylor, Small Business and Tax:

     Conversely, a company should only frank dividends to the extent available as it may be liable to franking deficit tax if it overfranks its dividends.

2. To apply stamps with a higher value than the postage required to a letter.
   • 2001, The American Philatelist, volume 115, page 390:

     Why would the UNPA overfrank a piece of mail?

Adjective

overfrank (comparative more overfrank, superlative most overfrank)

1. Excessively frank or candid.
   • 2002, Jayson Williams, Loose Balls: Easy Money, Hard Fouls, Cheap Laughs, and True Love in the NBA:

     Sam Cassell is a little loud, a little overfrank sometimes.