overdeal

plural overdeals

1. obsoleteAn amount left over; excess.

   Among the people (of Rome) beſide x. modij of corne, & as many pints of oyle, he diſtributed & dealt 300 Seſterces alſo by the poll, vvhich hee had in times paſt promiſed, vvith an overdeale of 100. a peece to boote, for time.

   1606, Caius [i.e., Gaius] Suetonius Tranquillus, “The Historie of Caius Iulius Cesar Dictator”, in Philêmon Holland, transl., The Historie of Twelve Cæsars Emperours of Rome. […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes and George Snowdon] for Matthew Lownes, →OCLC, section 38, page 16

present singular third person overdeals · participle present overdealing · participle past overdealt · past overdealt

1. To have too many dealings.

   Extended family issues (Mom overdeals with his family and Dad underdeals with his family).

   2003, Carol Ummel Lindquist, Happily Married with Kids: It's Not Just a Fairy Tale, →ISBN, page 6

2. To deal too much or too many (for example, playing cards)