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‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Rom. Antiq.) An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather. Audsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Polit. econ.) The excess that a purchaser would be willing to pay for a commodity over that he does pay, rather than go without the commodity; -- called also
consumer's rent.

The price which a person pays for a thing can never exceed, and seldom comes up to, that which he would be willing to pay rather than go without it. . . . The excess of the price which he would be willing to pay rather than go without it, over that which he actually does pay, is the economic measure of this surplus satisfaction. It has some analogies to a rent; but is perhaps best called simply consumer's surplus. Alfred Marshall. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. determining payment based on the actual cost of production plus an agreed-upon fee or rate of profit; as, a cost-plus government contract. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students in England to select suitable candidates for grammar school; -- now no longer used.
Syn. -- 11-plus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖ [ L., no further; ne no, not + plus more + ultra beyond. ] 1. The uttermost point to which one can go or attain; hence, the summit of achievement; the highest point or degree; the acme. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A prohibition against proceeding further; an insuperable obstacle or limiting condition. [ Obs. or R. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. non not + plus more, further. See Plural. ] A state or condition which baffles reason or confounds judgment; insuperable difficulty; inability to proceed or decide; puzzle; quandary. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both of them are a perfect nonplus and baffle to all human understanding. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Nonplused r Nonplussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nonplusing or Nonplussing. ] To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by embarrassment. [ 1913 Webster ]

He has been nonplused by Mr. Dry's desiring him to tell what it was that he endeavored to prove. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Over + L. plus more. See Plus, and cf. Surplus. ] That which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantity proposed; surplus. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

“The overplus of a great fortune.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. pe`plos. ] 1. An upper garment worn by Grecian and Roman women. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of kerchief formerly worn by Englishwomen. [ Obs. ] Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L., more; akin to Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, and E. full. See Full, a., and cf. Più, Pleonasm. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Math.) More, required to be added; positive, as distinguished from negative; -- opposed to minus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, in a literary sense, additional; real; actual. [ 1913 Webster ]

Success goes invariably with a certain plus or positive power. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Plus sign (Math.), the sign (+) which denotes addition, or a positive quantity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. pluche, peluche (cf. It. peluzzo), fr. L. pilus hair. See pile hair, and cf. Peruke. ] A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like plush; soft and shaggy. H. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Polit. Econ.) Any profit above the normal rate of interest and wages accruing to a producer on account of some monopoly (temporary or permanent) of the means or materials of production; -- called also . [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Pref. super- + L. plus more. See Surplus. ] Surplus. [ Obs. ] Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Surplusage. [ Obs. ] “There yet remained a superplusage.” Bp. Fell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. sur over + plus more. See Sur-, and Plus, and cf. Superplus. ] 1. That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words. [ 1913 Webster ]

When the price of corn falleth, men give over surplus tillage, and break no more ground. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]