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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Overplus, a. and n. [ME. (Trevisa) and e.m.E. over(e)plus, repr. 12th c. F. surplus. Also in the mod. Sc. and Eng. dial.]
1. adj. Left over, surplus; additional, extra.(1) 1640 Acts V. (1817) 308/1.
The proffeit … salbe imployit … for the intertinement of the air … And what is overplus by the relict and bairnis(2) 1673 M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. III. 29.
The overplus price of Stockley Park 1674 Edinb. B. Rec. X. 211.
He hes laid severall aditionall pypes and maid overplus work of lead 1675 Ib. 425.
2. noun. That which exceeds a main amount, a left over or extra amount, a surplus or excess. b. fig.1672 M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. II. 616.
For the overplus, Watsone obliged himself to pay the parson, yearly [etc.] 1679 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. MS. 31 July.
They … stented the said burghe in the sowme of [£270 Scots and] … appoynted Thomas Sproat … to be ther collector and to be comptabill for any overplus 1690 Hawick Arch. Soc. (1917) 15.
Substraction is to draw a small sume from a great. The overplus or quhat remains just underneath you setb. 1653 Binning Wks. 236.
Here is an overplus, and, as it were, a surcharge of consolation 1669 Jus Populi 435.
A sad overplus of ill grounded charity
c. The overplus of (a sum), the amount outstanding for completion of a payment.1675 Cunningham Diary 5.
I … payed him 53 lb. Scots, which is the overplus of 13 lb. sterling, after the 103 lb. Scots is taken off it 1681 Edinb. B. Rec. XI. 26.
The overplus of the last years stent … being four thousand pounds Scots money
