overage

See also: over-age

English

From over- +‎ age.

overage (comparative more overage, superlative most overage)

having an age that is greater than a stipulated minimum

too old to be of use in a particular situation

overage (third-person singular simple present overages, present participle overaging, simple past and past participle overaged)

To have too long an aging process.
- 1997, George Murray, Handbook of Materials Selection for Engineering Applications, →ISBN, page 92:
  The heat-treatable alloys may overage (soften) with time at temperature due to the coalescence of the precipitate particles which, when present in a smaller dispersed size, enhance roomtemperature strength.
- 2013, Mahmoud M. Farag, Materials and Process Selection for Engineering Design, →ISBN:
  Structures that have been precipitation hardened to peak values may overage, and steels that have been hardened and tempered may overtemper.

From over +‎ -age.

overage (countable and uncountable, plural overages)

A surplus of inventory or capacity or of cash that is greater than the amount in the record of an account.
Excess; a state of being more than it ought to be.
You're entitled to bring a bag weighing fifty pounds onto the airplane, and will be charged extra for any overage.
- 1998, “Daysleeper”, in Up, performed by R.E.M.:
  Receiving department, 3 A.M. / Staff cuts have socked up the overage. / Directives are posted, no callbacks, complaints. / Everywhere is calm.
(property law) Any additional sums payable following the purchase of land, calculated on a prearranged basis, on the occurrence of certain specified events that are deemed to increase the value of that land; usually in the context of the development and further sale of that land.

surplus of inventory

state of being more than one ought to be