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  7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Extra  \Ex"tra\,  n. 
  1.  Something  in  addition  to  what  is  due,  expected,  or 
  customary;  esp.,  an  added  charge  or  fee,  or  something  for 
  which  an  additional  charge  is  made 
 
  2.  An  edition  of  a  newspaper  issued  at  a  time  other  than  the 
  regular  one 
 
  3.  (Cricket)  A  run,  as  from  a  bye,  credited  to  the  general 
  score  but  not  made  from  a  hit. 
 
  4.  Something  of  an  extra  quality  or  grade. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Extra  \Ex"tra\,  n.;  pl  {Extras}. 
  Something  in  addition  to  what  is  due,  expected,  or  customary; 
  something  in  addition  to  the  regular  charge  or  compensation, 
  or  for  which  an  additional  charge  is  made  as  at  European 
  hotels  lights  are  extras.  [Colloq.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Extra-  \Ex"tra-\  [L.,  fr  exter.  See  {Exterior}.] 
  A  Latin  preposition,  denoting  beyond,  outside  of  --  often 
  used  in  composition  as  a  prefix  signifying  outside  of 
  beyond,  besides,  or  in  addition  to  what  is  denoted  by  the 
  word  to  which  it  is  prefixed. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Extra  \Ex"tra\,  a. 
  Beyond  what  is  due,  usual,  expected,  or  necessary; 
  additional;  supernumerary;  also  extraordinarily  good; 
  superior;  as  extra  work  extra  pay  ``By  working  extra 
  hours.''  --H.  Spencer. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  extra 
  adj  1:  further  or  added;  "called  for  additional  troops";  "need 
  extra  help";  "an  extra  pair  of  shoes";  "I  have  no 
  other  shoes";  "there  are  other  possibilities"  [syn:  {other(a)}, 
  {additional}] 
  2:  more  than  is  needed,  desired,  or  required;  "trying  to  lose 
  excess  weight";  "found  some  extra  change  lying  on  the 
  dresser";  "yet  another  book  on  heraldry  might  be  thought 
  redundant";  "skills  made  redundant  by  technological 
  advance";  "sleeping  in  the  spare  room";  "supernumerary 
  ornamentation";  "it  was  supererogatory  of  her  to  gloat"; 
  "delete  superfluous  (or  unnecessary)  words";  "extra  ribs 
  as  well  as  other  supernumerary  internal  parts";  "surplus 
  cheese  distributed  to  the  needy"  [syn:  {excess},  {redundant}, 
  {spare},  {supererogatory},  {superfluous},  {supernumerary}, 
  {surplus}] 
  3:  added  to  a  regular  schedule;  "a  special  holiday  flight"; 
  "put  on  special  buses  for  the  big  game"  [syn:  {special}] 
  4:  (prefix)  outside  or  beyond;  "`extra'  is  a  prefix  in  `an 
  extrauterine  pregnancy'" 
  n  1:  a  minor  actor  in  crowd  scenes  [syn:  {supernumerary},  {spear 
  carrier}] 
  2:  something  additional  of  the  same  kind  "  he  always  carried 
  extras  in  case  of  an  emergency"  [syn:  {duplicate}] 
  adv  :  unusually  or  exceptionally;  "an  extra  fast  car" 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  EXTRA 
 
  Object-oriented,  Pascal  style,  handles  sets.  "A  Data  Model 
  and  Query  Language  for  EXODUS",  M.J.  Carey  et  al  SIGMOD  88 
  Conf  Proc,  pp.413-  423,  ACM  SIGMOD  Record  17:3  (Sept  1988). 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  EXTRA 
  EXecutionTRace  Analyser  (IBM,  OS/2) 
 
 




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