overage
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adjective \ˌō-vər-ˈāj\Definition of OVERAGE
1
: too old to be useful
2
: older than is normal for one's position, function, or grade
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over·age also over·aged \-ˈājd\
Examples of OVERAGE
- The college has many overage students.
- The players were banned from the league for being overage.
Origin of OVERAGE
2over + age
First Known Use: 15th century
Rhymes with OVERAGE
2over·age
noun \ˈō-və-rij, ˈōv-rij\Definition of OVERAGE
Examples of OVERAGE
- They paid me back the overage.
- She kept track of the cost overages.
Origin of OVERAGE
3over + -age
First Known Use: 1909
Related to OVERAGE
- Synonyms
- bellyful, fat, overabundance, excess, overflow, overkill, overmuch, overplus, oversupply, plethora, plus, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, surplusage
- Antonyms
- deficiency, deficit, insufficiency, undersupply
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