overquantity

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ quantity

Noun[edit]

overquantity (plural overquantities)

  1. An excessive quantity; surplus.
    • 1901, United States. Adjutant-General's Office, Legislative History of the General Staff of the Army of the United States (its Organization, Duties, Pay, and Allowances), from 1775 to 1901, page 287:
      […] from the peculiar circumstances attending the supplies, there is sometimes an overquantity of one article, while others are extremely scarce, […]
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