Pluses

Definition

plus /plʌs/ prep (က) အေပါင္း။ ဒါ့အျပင္။ Two plus five is seven. ❍ The cost is £22, plus £1 for postage. (ခ) ( infml ) အျပင္။ We've got to fit five people plus all their luggage in the car. Compare MINUS prep ၃ adj ၁။ …အထက္။ …ေက်ာ္။ The work will cost $10 000 plus. ၂။ သုညမွတ္အထက္။ The temperature is plus four degrees. n ( pl pluses /'plʌsÇz/) ၁။ အေပါင္းလကၡဏာ။ + ။ He seems to have put a plus instead of a minus. ၂။ ( infml ) အားသာခ်က္။ အေပါင္းလကၡဏာ။ Knowledge of French is a plus in her job. Compare MINUS n ၂ ❏ plus- fours n [pl] ဒူးဖံုးေဘာင္းဘီပြ။ a pair of plus-fours. ❏ plus point n အားသာခ်က္။ ေကာင္းတာ။ One of the hotel's plus points is that it is very central.

Examples

1. 36 plus 5 is 41.
2. You have to pay back £100 a month plus interest.
3. Participants will receive a weekly wage of £126 plus travel expenses.
4. He came along with his five children
5. plus their partners
6. and his grandchildren.
7. The four men plus a forty-year-old woman have been arrested.
8. The economy is currently strong in southeast England
9. plus we have low interest rates.
10. The weather improved a little and temperatures rose to plus 5 degrees.
11. [plus point/factor] : One of the hotels has its own heated pool – a major plus point!
12. Keane’s amazing athletic skill will be a huge plus factor for the team in tomorrow’s game.
13. Ray Charles’ 40-year plus career began in 1954.
14. The album went straight to number one by selling 600
15. 000-plus copies in its first week.
16. The auctioneers can expect offers in the region of £300
17. 000 plus.