overage

overage — noun

1. an amount of money, goods, or supplies that goes beyond what was expected, order

1.名詞C1
釋義

an amount of money, goods, or supplies that goes beyond what was expected, ordered, or paid for, especially as a small surplus left over after a count.

例句

The warehouse manager found a small overage of canned tomatoes after the staff finished the monthly stock count.

noun: an overage of + countable supplies

Gabriela's phone bill showed a forty-dollar overage because she used too much data while traveling in Brazil.

collocation: dollar-amount + overage for billing context

同義詞
  • surplus

    more general; works for any extra quantity, not just billing or stock

  • excess

    neutral; emphasizes the amount above a limit rather than leftover stock

  • overrun

    common for budget or production amounts that exceed a planned figure

反義詞
  • shortage

    the matching opposite; an amount below what was expected

  • deficit

    more formal; common in financial and accounting reports

文法句型

an overage of [noun]

[N]-dollar overage

用法筆記

Mostly American English in business, retail, and accounting contexts. Often appears with a specific quantity or dollar amount in front (e.g. 'a fifty-dollar overage'). The opposite shortfall word is 'shortage'.

常見錯誤

❌I am overage to drink in this country.
✅I am over the age limit to drink in this country.
💡the noun 'overage' (surplus) is not used to mean 'above the legal age'; for that idea use 'over the age of' or the adjective sense.
❌There was an overage between the two boxes.
✅There was an overage of three boxes in the shipment.
💡'overage' needs a quantity it is over, not just two things being compared.

overage — adjective