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单词 plussage
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plussagen.

Brit. /ˈplʌsɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈpləsɪdʒ/
Forms: 1900s– plusage, 1900s– plussage.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plus n., -age suffix.
Etymology: < plus n. + -age suffix. Compare earlier surplusage n.Compare Anglo-Norman and Old French plusage surplus (early 14th cent.), post-classical Latin plusagium surplus of expenditure over receipts (1289, c1480 in British sources).
rare.
Something extra or added on; a surcharge; a bonus or increase to a salary or basic rate of pay. Also: the magnitude of such an addition or bonus.
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1918 Brick & Clay Rec. 2 July 68 All gross discounts to be reduced by five per cent.; in case of decorations where the gross price is subject to a ‘plusage’—plusage to be increased by five per cent.
1927 Mansfield (Ohio) News 1 June 12/7 (advt.) Cities Service oils are super-specification—a plusage in quality.
1932 Notes & Queries 30 Jan. 82/2 I have seen in print the word ‘plus(s)age’ used to denote a plurality of pluses in a collective sense, i.e., (15 per cent. plus 10 per cent. plus 15 per cent.) total plussage of 40 per cent.
1935 A. P. Herbert What a Word! iii. 83 From a well-known London shop: ‘Should your order not exceed the sum of 17/6 an additional plusage of 25% will be charged.’
1962 Engineering 10 Aug. 181 Normal day rate together with a plusage for reaching a certain level of output.
2005 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 3 Feb. 22 We have now agreed a system of ‘plussages’, which will be paid where appropriate and take into account all the circumstances.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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