overage
Having an age that is greater than a stipulated minimum.
Adjective
- Having an age that is greater than a stipulated minimum.
- Too old to be of use in a particular situation.
Origin
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 Vulgar Latin aetātem Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Vulgar Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Vulgar Latin -icus Vulgar Latin -āticus Vulgar Latin -āticum Vulgar Latin *aetāticum Old French eagebor. Middle English age English age English overage From over- + age.
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Noun
- A surplus of inventory or capacity or of cash that is greater than the amount in the record of an account.
- Excess; a state of being more than it ought to be.
- You're entitled to bring a bag weighing fifty pounds onto the airplane, and will be charged extra for any overage.
- Receiving department, 3 A.M. / Staff cuts have socked up the overage. / Directives are posted, no callbacks, complaints. / Everywhere is calm. - 1998, “Daysleeper”, in Up, performed by R.E.M.:
- The overage charge on this plan has been reduced to 10 cents per megabyte over the limit. Previously, the company charged 25 cents per megabyte for overages. - 2009 May 14, Marguerite Reardon, “Verizon Netbook to hit...
- 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.
Origin
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.
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Verb
- To have too long an aging process.
- The heat-treatable alloys may overage (soften) with time at temperature due to the coalescence of the precipitate particles which, when present in a smaller dispersed size, enhance roomtemperature strength. - 1997,...
- Structures that have been precipitation hardened to peak values may overage, and steels that have been hardened and tempered may overtemper. - 2013, Mahmoud M. Farag, Materials and Process Selection for Engineering...