overfrank

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English

Etymology

From over- +‎ frank.

Verb

overfrank (third-person singular simple present overfranks, present participle overfranking, simple past and past participle overfranked)

  1. To pay excessive franking credits.
    • 2003, Lyndal Taylor, Small Business and Tax:
      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.
  2. (philately) To apply stamps with a higher value than the postage required to a letter.
    • 2001, The American Philatelist, volume 115, page 390:
      Why would the UNPA overfrank a piece of mail?

Adjective

overfrank (comparative more overfrank, superlative most overfrank)

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