different between overplus vs others

English

Etymology

From over- + Anglo-Norman plus, Middle French plus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???v?pl?s/

Noun

overplus (countable and uncountable, plural overpluses or overplusses)

1. That which remains beyond what is necessary or required; a surplus.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet CXXXV:

     Thou hast thy Will, And Will too boote, and Will in ouer-plus.

   • 1793, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 262:

     I proposed that the two referees should retire and consider for themselves how much should be allowed for the boy's board and lodging, deducting at the rate of sixpence a day for what advantage was gained by his going on errands; and that the overplus should be restored.

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??ð?z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??ð?z/

Noun

others

1. plural of other

Noun

others pl (plural only)

1. Other people.

2. Those remaining after one or more people or items have left, or done something else, or been excluded.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with other's (“belonging to the other”).

Translations

Verb

others

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of other

Further reading

• others on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Rothes, Stoehr, Tosher, hetros, hoster, re-shot, rehost, reshot, short e, shorte, shoter, throes, tosher