overage
pronunciation
How to pronounce overage in British English:
UK [ˌəʊvərˈeɪdʒ]
How to pronounce overage in American English:
US [ˌoʊvərˈeɪdʒ]
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- Adjective:
- too old to be useful
Word Origin
- overage (n.)
- "a surplus amount," 1945, a banking term, coined from over on model of shortage.
Example
- 1. This way you can avoid any overage charges .
- 2. We consider a one-period utility product , and assume shortage as well as overage costs exist .
- 3. Data would run like water , limited in use by only our imaginations , and outrageous overage fees would remain the stuff of myth .
- 4. The fixed assets shall be taken inventory periodically . The net profit or loss incurred in discard and disposal , and also overage , shortage of fixed assets shall be accounted into current profit and loss .
- 5. Your kids are overage sir , so they must pay the adult price .