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overquantity

noun

overquantity

noun

Etymology From over- + quantity.

1

An excessive quantity; surplus.

  • […] from the peculiar circumstances attending the supplies, there is sometimes an overquantity of one article, while others are extremely scarce, […]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:

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