overage

See also: over-age

English

Etymology 1

over +‎ age

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈəʊvəɹˈeɪdʒ/

Adjective

overage (comparative more overage, superlative most overage)

1. Having an age that is greater than a stipulated minimum.
2. Too old to be of use in a particular situation.

Antonyms

• underage

Verb

1. To have too long an aging process.
   • 1997, George Murray, Handbook of Materials Selection for Engineering Applications, →ISBN, page 92:

     The heat-treatable alloys may overage (soften) with time at temperature due to the coalescence of the precipitate particles which, when present in a smaller dispersed size, enhance roomtemperature strength.

   • 2013, Mahmoud M. Farag, Materials and Process Selection for Engineering Design, →ISBN:

     Structures that have been precipitation hardened to peak values may overage, and steels that have been hardened and tempered may overtemper.

Etymology 2

over +‎ -age

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈəʊvəɹɪdʒ/

Noun

overage (countable and uncountable, plural overages)

1. A surplus of inventory or capacity or of cash that is greater than the amount in the record of an account.
2. A state of being more than one ought to be.

   You're entitled to bring a bag weighing fifty pounds onto the airplane, and will be charged extra for any overage.

Translations

surplus of inventory

• German: Überschuss (de) m
• Japanese: 余剰 (yojō), 過剰 (ja) (kajō)
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• Turkish: fazlalık (tr)

state of being more than one ought to be

• German: Überschuss (de) m
• Japanese: 余剰 (yojō), 余分 (ja) (yobun)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Turkish: fazlalık (tr)