plus

1 /plVs/ preposition

1 used when one number or amount is added to another: Three plus six equals nine. (3 + 6 = 9) | The book has 250 pages, plus 28 pages of appendices. | All employees are paid $3 an hour plus $1.50 for time worked on the weekend.

2 and also: The unit deals with all lung and heart conditions, plus many other lesser ailments.

3 plus four/six etc technical four, six etc more than zero

—opposite minus 1 2 noun (C)

1 informal something that gives you an advantage in a situation: Knowledge of French and Spanish could be a plus in this job.

2 a sign (+) showing that you should add two or more numbers together, or that a number is more than zero

3 adjective

1 plus factor/point an advantage or favourable feature that something has: Another plus point for the VHS system is that you can record three or four hours of material onto one tape.

2 10/50 etc plus more than a particular amount, number or level: She earns $50,000 a year plus. | All the children in the class are six plus. (=more than six years old)

3 (only before noun) greater than zero: Daytime temperatures vary between minus 5º and plus 12º.

4 conjunction and also: He's been studying for the exams all week, plus he's been working in a bar at night. | It's an old, draughty house. Plus the plumbing's not fixed yet.