Overplus

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈəʊvÉ™plÊŒs/

Origin

From over- + Anglo-Norman plus, Middle French plus.

Full definition of overplus

Noun

1. That which remains beyond what is necessary or required; a surplus.
• 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.12:Where some for an over-plus, or supererogation have added this necessaity, that they must necessarily accompany them, as well in death, as in life.
• 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet CXXXV:Thou hast thy Will, And Will too boote, and Will in ouer-plus.