"overfoot" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overfoots [present, singular, third-person], overfooting [participle, present], overfooted [participle, past], overfooted [past]
Etymology: over- + foot Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|foot}} over- + foot Head templates: {{en-verb}} overfoot (third-person singular simple present overfoots, present participle overfooting, simple past and past participle overfooted)
  1. (accounting) To assign a column summary that is greater than the sum of all the entries in that column. Categories (topical): Accounting
    Sense id: en-overfoot-en-verb-4UNYiUve Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over- Topics: accounting, business, finance

Inflected forms

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