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overfrank

overfrank verb: to pay excessive franking credits.

Verb

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

  1. To pay excessive franking credits.
    • 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.2003, Lyndal Taylor, Small Business and Tax
  2. To apply stamps with a higher value than the postage required to a letter.
    • Why would the UNPA overfrank a piece of mail?2001, The American Philatelist, volume 115, page 390

Adjective

overfrank (comparative more overfrank, superlative most overfrank)

  1. Excessively frank or candid.
    • Sam Cassell is a little loud, a little overfrank sometimes.2002, Jayson Williams, Loose Balls: Easy Money, Hard Fouls, Cheap Laughs, and True Love in the NBA

Forms of overfrank

Verb
third-person singular presentoverfranks
present participleoverfranking
past participleoverfranked
pastoverfranked
Adjective
comparativemore overfrank
superlativemost overfrank

Origin of overfrank

From over- + frank.

Questions about overfrank

What does overfrank mean?
Overfrank means to pay excessive franking credits.
What part of speech is overfrank?
Overfrank can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of overfrank?
The past tense of overfrank is overfranked.

Words near overfrank in the dictionary

  1. overfragmentation
  2. overfragmented
  3. overfragrant
  4. overfrail
  5. overfranchised
  6. overfrank
  7. overfranked
  8. overfranking
  9. overfrankness
  10. overfranks
  11. overfraught

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