overplus
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The 427 overplus, which is not very considerable, goes to the profit of the city.
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Foremost is the sun, of course, because of the overplus of light.
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Now it is clear that in this case a schoolmaster can subsist; since, in the course of the very first year, he gets an overplus beyond this dock-money of his office.
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Surplus, sur′plus, n. the overplus: excess above what is required.—n.
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And in this sense it was perfectly normal, healthy, and sound, more especially in so far as it provided for the gradual drawing away overplus metal to the East.
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