overplus

== English == === Etymology === From over- + Anglo-Norman plus, Middle French plus. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊvəplʌs/ === Noun === overplus (countable and uncountable, plural overpluses or overplusses) That which remains beyond what is necessary or required; a surplus. 1793, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 262: I proposed that the two referees should retire and consider for themselves how much should be allowed for the boy's board and lodging, deducting at the rate of sixpence a day for what advantage was gained by his going on errands; and that the overplus should be restored. ==== Derived terms ====