EXTRA


Meaning of EXTRA in English

■ adjective added to an existing or usual amount or number.

■ adverb

1》 to a greater extent than usual.

2》 in addition.

■ noun

1》 an item for which an ~ charge is made.

2》 an ~ item.

3》 a person engaged temporarily to fill out a crowd scene in a film or play.

4》 Cricket a run scored other than from a hit with the bat, credited to the batting side rather than to a batsman.

Origin

C17 (as adjective): prob. a shortening of ~ordinary , suggested by similar forms in Fr. and Ger.

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