plus // preposition, adjective, noun

■ preposition

1

used when the two numbers or amounts mentioned are being added together:

The book is available at $19.49 plus shipping.

You pay back the original loan amount plus interest.

2

as well as sth/sb; and also:

Give a description of your service or product plus information about who uses or buys it.

We have daily meetings with production managers plus representatives from sales and purchasing.

OPP MINUS

IDIOMS

plus or minus

used when the number mentioned may be more or less by a particular amount:

They expect to report earnings of $174 million, plus or minus $1 million.

The margin of error was plus or minus three percentage points.

■ adjective

COST-PLUS

1 [only before noun]

used to describe an aspect of sth that you consider to be a good thing:

The airline's safety record is a major plus point. On the plus side, all the staff are enthusiastic.

OPP MINUS

2

used after a number to show that the real number or amount is more than the one mentioned:

The profit from the sale of the factory is expected to be $22 million plus.

■ noun [C]

1 (informal)

an advantage; a good thing:

If the software works with any type of computer, that's a big plus.

One of the pluses of the job is being able to work from home.

2 (also plus sign)

the symbol ( + ), used in mathematics:

He put a plus instead of a minus.

OPP MINUS

• control
• control account
• controller
• controlling interest
• controlling shareholder
• convene
• convener
• convenience
• convenience food
• convenience store
• convention
• conversion
• conversion cost
• convert
• convertibility
• convertible
• convertible currency
• convertible note
• conveyance
• conveyancer
• conveyancing
• conveyor belt
• COO
• cookie
• cooling-off period