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ex⋅tra

  [ek-struh]
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–adjective
1. beyond or more than what is usual, expected, or necessary; additional: an extra copy of a newspaper; an extra charge.
2. larger or better than what is usual: an extra binding.
–noun
3. something extra or additional: the little amenities and extras that make life pleasant.
4. an additional expense.
5. a special edition of a newspaper, other than a regular edition.
6. something of superior quality.
7. Movies, Television. a person hired by the day to play a minor part, as a member of a mob or crowd.
8. an additional worker.
9. Usually, extras. Cricket. a score or run not made from the bat, as a bye or a wide.
–adverb
10. in excess of the usual or specified amount: an extra high price.
11. beyond the ordinary degree; unusually; uncommonly: done extra well; extra large.
Origin:
1770–80; by shortening of extraordinary

extra-

 
a prefix meaning “outside,” “beyond,” freely used as an English formative: extrajudicial; extraterritorial; extra-atmospheric.
Also, extro-.

Origin:
< L, comb. form of extrā (adv. and prep.) outside (of), without
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ex·tra   (ěk'strə)   
adj.  

  1. More than or beyond what is usual, normal, expected, or necessary. See Synonyms at superfluous.

  2. Better than ordinary; superior: extra fineness.

  3. Subject to an additional charge: Coffee does not come with dinner but is extra.

n.  

  1. Something more than is usual or necessary.

  2. Something, such as an accessory on a motor vehicle, for which an additional charge is made.

  3. A special edition of a newspaper.

    1. An additional or alternate worker.

    2. A performer hired to play a minor part, as in a crowd scene in a film.

  5. Something of exceptional quality.

adv.  To an exceptional extent or degree; unusually: extra dry.

[Probably short for extraordinary.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

extra 
1654, modern usages -- including sense of "minor performer in a play" (1777) and "special edition of a newspaper" (1793) -- all probably are from shortenings of extraordinary, which was used extensively in 18c. as n. and adv. in places we would use extra today. The prefix extra- was only recorded in classical L. in extraordinarius, but has been much used in modern formations such as extraterrestrial (1860s as an adj.; 1963 as a n.), and represents the old fem. abl. of exterus "outward, outside."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

extra- or extro-
pref.
Outside; beyond: extracellular.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Computing Dictionary

EXTRA
Object-oriented, Pascal style, handles sets. "A Data Model and Query Language for EXODUS", M.J. Carey et al, SIGMOD 88 Conf Proc, pp.413- 423, ACM SIGMOD Record 17:3 (Sept 1988).

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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