plusing

Verb

plus (third-person singular simple present pluss or plusses, present participle plusing or plussing, simple past and past participle plused or plussed)

1. (informal) To add; to subject to addition.
   • For him y is a unique number, like 7, but for the time being unknown — if one does the operation of 'plussing 4' one still has, as a result, a unique number even though one does not yet know what it is.1973, Australian Council for Educational Research, ACER research series - Issues 93-95, page 39
2. (often) To increase in magnitude.
   • I am doing a lot of writing here, plussing the script, adding sequences.2006, Danny Fingeroth, Mike Manley, How to Create Comics: From Script to Print, →ISBN, page 48
3. To improve.
   • Coach Wooden didn't have to depend upon having the most talented players on his team because he could depend upon plussing to constantly make everyone better.1998, Nate Booth, Strategies for Fast-Changing Times, →ISBN, page 91
4. To provide critical feedback by giving suggestions for improvement rather than criticisms.
   • The animators and directors on the receiving end of the plussing don't necessarily have to accept and incorporate the feedback, but plussing provides a method to share criticisms in a way that makes it more likely that they will.2013, David Burkus, The Myths of Creativity, →ISBN
5. (sales) To sell additional related items with an original purchase.
   • Good will is also secured by plussing the original purchase with another article that goes appropriately with it.1920, The Current Business Cyclopedia: Business Digest
6. To frame in a positive light; to provide a sympathetic interpretation.
   • Plussing is a technique for enhancing a positive atmosphere in the session, for diminishing hostility, and for raising self-esteem.1979, Douglas A. Puryear, Helping People in Crisis, page 87

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