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adjective
1.
beyond the acceptable or desired age: overage for the draft.
2.
older than usual or expected for the activity, position, etc.: an overage baseball player who still outperforms many rookies.
3.
too old to be serviceable; antiquated: She drives an overage car.
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Overage
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Word Origin & History
overage
"a surplus amount," 1945, a banking term, coined from over, on model of shortage.
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