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overpluses

overpluses is the plural of overplus.

Meaning of overplus

Noun

overplus (countable and uncountable, plural overpluses or overplusses)

  1. That which remains beyond what is necessary or required; a surplus.
    • 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.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Questions about overpluses

What is overpluses the plural of?
Overpluses is the plural of overplus.

Words near overpluses in the dictionary

  1. overplump
  2. overplumpness
  3. overplus
  4. overplusage
  5. overplusages
  6. overpluses
  7. overplussage
  8. overplussages
  9. overplusses
  10. overply
  11. overplying

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