overage

Adjective

overage (comparative more overage, superlative most overage)

1. Having an age that is greater than a stipulated minimum.
2. Too old to be of use in a particular situation.

Verb

overage (third-person singular simple present overages, present participle overaging, simple past and past participle overaged)

1. To have too long an aging process.
   • The heat-treatable alloys may overage (soften) with time at temperature due to the coalescence of the precipitate particles which, when present in a smaller dispersed size, enhance roomtemperature strength.1997, George Murray, Handbook of Materials Selection for Engineering Applications, →ISBN, page 92
   • Structures that have been precipitation hardened to peak values may overage, and steels that have been hardened and tempered may overtemper.2013, Mahmoud M. Farag, Materials and Process Selection for Engineering Design, →ISBN

Noun

IPA/ˈəʊvəɹɪd͡ʒ/

overage (countable and uncountable, plural overages)

1. A surplus of inventory or capacity or of cash that is greater than the amount in the record of an account.
2. Excess; a state of being more than it ought to be.
   • You're entitled to bring a bag weighing fifty pounds onto the airplane, and will be charged extra for any overage.
   • Receiving department, 3 A.M. / Staff cuts have socked up the overage. / Directives are posted, no callbacks, complaints. / Everywhere is calm.1998, “Daysleeper”, in Up, performed by R.E.M.
3. Any additional sums payable following the purchase of land, calculated on a prearranged basis, on the occurrence of certain specified events that are deemed to increase the value of that land; usually in the context of the development and further sale of that land.