overplus

Example Sentences

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At the end of each year, the account is balanced, and the overplus or deficit is transferred to the succeeding one.

From Religion in Japan by Cobbold, George A. (George Augustus)

The successful farmer is the one who produces more than he needs for his support; and the overplus he does not keep; and, moreover, his own needs are easily satisfied.

From The Holy Earth by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)

She has overplus of life to speak and right herself from first to last, to pardon her husband and make arrangements for the welfare of her child.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

And if there be fewer, the overplus may be omitted: Provided that this last Collect, Epistle, and Gospel shall always be used upon the Sunday next before Advent.

From The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy by Episcopal Church in Scotland

Milford was settled partly from New Haven and partly from Wethersfield, where an overplus of clergy was leading to disputes and many withdrawals to other parts.

From The Fathers of New England A Chronicle of the Puritan Commonwealths by Andrews, Charles McLean