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)

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 dockmoney of his office.

From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul

Hollybank was no longer needed in 1900 to take the overplus from Bankwell, and a Master was put in charge of it, in the hope that older boys would come.

From A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 by Bell, Edward Allen

“You may judge, my lord; the poor people pay with the overplus of the harvest; this year there has been no overplus; on the contrary, every one is behind in point even of necessities.”

From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Manzoni, Alessandro

Complete expresses not excess or overplus, and yet not mere sufficiency, but harmony, proportion, fitness to a design, or ideal.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin