overplus
Example Sentences
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The overplus, if any, was to be carried to the credit of the Sooloos.
If in his longer poems there is sometimes a lack of last finish, and an overplus of language—there is a frankness of utterance and a billowy undulation of movement that have compensating charms.
From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Mitchell, Donald G.
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
Fifteen pounds of luggage are allowed, and twenty-one francs per cent is charged for the overplus.
From Memoranda on Tours and Touraine Including remarks on the climate with a sketch of the Botany And Geology of the Province also on the Wines and Mineral Waters of France by Holdsworth, J. H.
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)
