Overlength
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An excess of length. uncountable
"[…] and shall pay not only the amount of the permit fee for overlength, overheight, overwidth or overweight as might be due, but an additional civil penalty of fifty dollars for the first offense, one hundred dollars for the second offense and one hundred fifty dollars for each additional offense; […]"
- 1 Longer than is standard or (transport, law, of a vehicle) longer than is allowed.
Example
More examples"[…] and shall pay not only the amount of the permit fee for overlength, overheight, overwidth or overweight as might be due, but an additional civil penalty of fifty dollars for the first offense, one hundred dollars for the second offense and one hundred fifty dollars for each additional offense; […]"
Etymology
From over + length.
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