单词 | overage |
释义 | † overagen.1 Obsolete. 1. Work, workmanship; achievement. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > [noun] workOE travailc1350 workmanshipa1393 overage1415 tew1644 labour1662 1415 in E. F. Jacob & H. C. Johnson Reg. Henry Chichele (1937) II. 48 (MED) Y wull..þat xiiij li. be paied for þe overage to Frome. c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 147 Of so preciouse and riche ourage [a1500 Rawl. a werke] was wrought this mantell and by longe continuell labour was assembled the parties wherof it is composed. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos i. 14 The yate was made of soo hye and excellente ouurage, that it passed alle other. 1507 Jousts of May & June l. 50 She..Was set moste goodly hye vpon a stage Under a hauthorne made by the ourage Of Flora that is of heuenly parage. a1529 J. Skelton Howe Douty Duke of Albany in Wks. (1568) sig. Gv A prince to play the page It is a rechelesse rage And a lunatyke ouerage. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Ourage, a work; also work or labor. 2. A piece of workmanship; a work. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > product of work > [noun] workeOE workingc1350 notea1400 piece of work1473 overage1474 workmanship1523 piece1604 opificec1616 jobbie1950 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > [noun] > a piece of overage1474 craft1911 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. i. 75 Than hit behoueth to deuyse the oeuurages and the offices of the werkemen. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) 237 They of the toun brake all theyr ouurages. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cx. 380 The .ii. leuys of the gate were coueryd with fyne gold intermedelyd with other rych oueragis. 1648 J. Raymond Itinerary Voy. Italy 87 Stupenduous Pillars,..besides other diversity of Overages. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021). overagen.2 A surplus, an excess; an additional amount; (spec. in business) an amount (of goods, money, etc.) greater than that estimated; a profit. Cf. shortage n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > excess, redundancy, or superfluity > a surplus or excess surplusc1374 overplusa1387 surplusagec1407 superplusage1436 superplusa1450 surcroitre1496 superfluous1552 excess1557 over-increase1579 over-sum1587 overflow1589 surcrease1600 surcroist1601 over-crease1625 exceeding1719 excedent1811 surcruec1825 overage1886 overspill1892 1886 Rep. Railroad & Warehouse Comm. Minnesota 493 There has been an occasional shortage, as well as an occasional overage, on cargo shipments. 1891 Rep. Appellate Courts Illinois 38 85 Plaintiff claims that on the 25th. there was found to be an ‘overage’ of $499. 1931 E. S. Smith Reducing Seasonal Unemployment xii. 238 In laying out schedules for 1930, they took into consideration the inventory overage and computed their schedule of weekly production. 1968 Punch 27 Mar. 447/1 A barman who doesn't show a regular ten per cent ‘overage’ in favour of his employers will be dismissed because he either gives the customers too much (or too little ice) or he fiddles on his own behalf beyond the customary limits tolerated by the management. 1985 J. A. Michener Texas V. 245 He could fasten the overage [of the kilt] about his waist, to be unwound when needed. 1991 M. Crichton Jurassic Park 176 It was blackmail, and in the end Nedry had been forced to eat his overages on Jurassic Park and to make the changes that Hammond wanted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : over-ageadj. < see also |
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