overplus

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The overplus, which will come to about thirty pounds each, is to be applied for the relief of the widows and orphans of those who have nobly fallen in the action.

From Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I by Ross, John, Sir

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 Andrews, Charles McLean

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.

It will be asked, Why did not this overplus do as other crowded Americans did: move west?

From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace

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.

From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas