adj
Meaning 1
Having an age that is greater than a stipulated minimum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
overage
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adj
Meaning 2
Too old to be of use in a particular situation.
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noun
Meaning 3
A surplus of inventory or capacity or of cash that is greater than the amount in the record of an account.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Excess; a state of being more than it ought to be.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- You're entitled to bring a bag weighing fifty pounds onto the airplane, and will be charged extra for any overage.
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noun
Meaning 5
Any additional sums payable following the purchase of land, calculated on a prearranged basis, on the occurrence of certain specified events that are deemed to increase the value of that land; usually in the context of the development and further sale of that land.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law, property
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verb
Meaning 6
To have too long an aging process.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
too old to be useful- Anthony Trollope
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: overaged, superannuated, over-the-hill
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
a surplus or excess of money or merchandise that is actually on hand and that exceeds expectations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: assets
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *h2ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h2óyu Proto-Italic *aiwom Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Proto-Italic *aiwotāts Latin aetātem Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Vulgar Latin *aetāticum Old French eagebor. Middle English age English age English overage From over- + age.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Proto-West Germanic *obar Old English ofer Middle English over English over Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English overage From over + -age.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Hungarian: túlkoros — having an age that is greater than a stipulated minimum
- German: zu alt — too old to be of use in a particular situation
- German: überaltert — too old to be of use in a particular situation
- Hungarian: túlkoros — too old to be of use in a particular situation
- Bulgarian: излишък (izlišǎk) — surplus of inventory
- Finnish: ylijäämä — surplus of inventory
- Finnish: ylimäärä — surplus of inventory
- Georgian: სიჭარბე (sič̣arbe) — surplus of inventory
- German: Überschuss — surplus of inventory
- German: Überbestand — surplus of inventory
- German: Kassenüberschuss — surplus of inventory
- German: Surplus — surplus of inventory
- German: Überhang — surplus of inventory
- Japanese: 余剰 (yojō) — surplus of inventory
- Japanese: 過剰 (kajō) — surplus of inventory
- Polish: superata — surplus of inventory
- Serbo-Croatian: višak — surplus of inventory
- Turkish: fazlalık — surplus of inventory
- German: Überschuss — state of being more than one ought to be
- German: Mehr- — state of being more than one ought to be
- German: Über- — state of being more than one ought to be
- Japanese: 余剰 (yojō) — state of being more than one ought to be
- Japanese: 余分 (yobun) — state of being more than one ought to be
- Polish: nadwyżka — state of being more than one ought to be
- Polish: nadmiar — state of being more than one ought to be
- Serbo-Croatian: prekoračenje — state of being more than one ought to be
- Turkish: fazlalık — state of being more than one ought to be