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overfrank en · ADJ

Etymology

From over- + frank.

Meanings

1. Excessively frank or candid.
   • Sam Cassell is a little loud, a little overfrank sometimes. 2002, Jayson Williams, Loose Balls: Easy Money, Hard Fouls, Cheap Laughs, and True Love in the NBA:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
most overfrank	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more overfrank	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

overfrank en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + frank.

Meanings

1. To pay excessive franking credits.
   • Conversely, a company should only frank dividends to the extent available as it may be liable to franking deficit tax if it overfranks its dividends. 2003, Lyndal Taylor, Small Business and Tax:
2. To apply stamps with a higher value than the postage required to a letter.
   • Why would the UNPA overfrank a piece of mail? 2001, The American Philatelist, volume 115, page 390:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
overfranks	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
overfranked	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
overfranked	Tense=Past		lexicographic
overfranking	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic