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单词 overplus
释义

overplus

English

Etymology

From over- + Anglo-Norman plus, Middle French plus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊvəplʌs/

Noun

overplus (countable and uncountable, plural overpluses or overplusses)

  1. That which remains beyond what is necessary or required; a surplus.
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes [], book II, London: [] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount [], OCLC 946730821:
      Where some for an over-plus, or supererogation have added this necessaity, that they must necessarily accompany them, as well in death, as in life.
    • 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 135”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. [], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, OCLC 216596634:
      Thou hast thy Will, And Will too boote, and Will in ouer-plus.
    • 1793, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 262:
      I proposed that the two referees should retire and consider for themselves how much should be allowed for the boy's board and lodging, deducting at the rate of sixpence a day for what advantage was gained by his going on errands; and that the overplus should be restored.
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