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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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