overplus

Example Sentences

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The 427 overplus, which is not very considerable, goes to the profit of the city.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) by Various

Any overplus at the year’s end, any unexpected addition to their means, sooner or later found its way into the booksellers’ hands.

From The Inglises Or, How the Way Opened by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)

Her cloudy condition possibly indicates an overplus of water.

From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck

Complete expresses not excess or overplus, and yet not mere sufficiency, but harmony, proportion, fitness to a design, or ideal.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin

A delay of twenty-four hours in the despatch, after posting, is rendered indispensable by the possibility there is of an overplus of such bulky packages on particular occasions.”

From Cheap Postage by Leavitt, Joshua