add on
verb1
To incorporate (something extra, often an amount of money) into something else (often a bill).
2
To put an expansion (addition) onto a building, usually a home.
add-on
nounalso spelled add-onEtymology Deverbal from add on.
1
Sometimes Something which can be appended to something else.
- Payments made before an add-on sale must be allocated entirely to the previous contract or contracts.1969, Edward D. Giacomini, California Retail Installment Sales, page 172:
2
Computer hardware, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Software A software extension or hardware peripheral that provides additional functions or customization for a core application or system.
- Microdrives that can hold several gigabytes (see Figure 2.20) have been available as add-ons for portable devices.2010, Kenneth Baldauf, Ralph Stair, Succeeding with Technology, page 77:
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Card games, Poker Additional chips that can be purchased at specific times in tournament play.
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Video games Synonym of expansion pack.
- Synonyms
- addition, supplement, add-in, plug-in
- Related terms
- look and feel, peripheral, skin