What part of speech is overage?

Overage can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. overage is a noun, singular of overages.
  • 2. overage is an adjective.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more overage
    most overage
  • Positive: overage 
  • Comparative: more overage
  • Superlative: most overage

What does overage mean?

Definitions

Adjective

overage - too old to be useful; "He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope

Noun

overage - a surplus or excess of money or merchandise that is actually on hand and that exceeds expectations

Examples of overage

#   Sentence  
1. noun There were no other options available (I only brought my check card to cover any overage cost) and she rang it up and applied it to the gift card before telling me about the tip policy.
Sentence  
noun
There were no other options available (I only brought my check card to cover any overage cost) and she rang it up and applied it to the gift card before telling me about the tip policy.

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