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Overrun

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-004086

The quantity of printed material produced in excess of the exact number ordered by the client. Overruns are a standard practice in commercial printing to account for spoilage, quality control, and potential damage during finishing. A typical overrun allowance is between 5% and 10% of the ordered quantity.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-004086
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectIndustrial printing
Synonymsrun over
TranslationsGerman: Ausgleich; Spanish: rebasar; French: reporter
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004086",
  "term": "Overrun",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The quantity of printed material produced in excess of the exact number ordered by the client. Overruns are a standard practice in commercial printing to account for spoilage, quality control, and potential damage during finishing. A typical overrun allowance is between 5% and 10% of the ordered quantity.",
  "synonyms": [
    "run over"
  ],
  "subject": "Industrial printing",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Ausgleich",
    "es": "rebasar",
    "fr": "reporter"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/overrun/"
}

Record 4,481 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.