Advertisement

overage (n.)

"a surplus amount," by 1910, a banking term, coined from over on model of shortage.

Others are reading

Advertisement
Definitions of overage from WordNet
1
overage (n.)
a surplus or excess of money or merchandise that is actually on hand and that exceeds expectations;
2
overage (adj.)
too old to be useful; "He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope;
Synonyms: overaged / superannuated / over-the-hill
From wordnet.princeton.edu