Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overfrank

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-frank
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To pay excessive franking credits.

verb

To apply stamps with a higher value than the postage required to a letter.

adj

Excessively frank or candid.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Why would the UNPA overfrank a piece of mail?"
"Sam Cassell is a little loud, a little overfrank sometimes."

Etymology

From over- + frank.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Inflected Forms

overfranks (present, singular) overfranking (participle, present) overfranked (participle, past) overfranked (past) more overfrank (comparative) most overfrank (superlative)

Questions

What does overfrank mean?: To pay excessive franking credits.
Where does overfrank come from?: From over- + frank.

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