EGAVE

overage

About 0.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Having an age that is greater than a stipulated minimum.
  2. adjective Too old to be of use in a particular situation.
  3. verb To have too long an aging process.
  4. noun A surplus of inventory or capacity or of cash that is greater than the amount in the record of an account.
  5. noun 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.
  6. noun 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.

Similar words

overaged superannuated old excess surplus remainder additional overlimit oversufficient overstrength

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Word family

overaged overages

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