pluses

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of plus.

   The pluses of the deal clearly outweighed its few drawbacks.

   The worksheet asked the children to circle all the pluses and ignore the other symbols.

   Note

   The plural belongs only to the noun uses of plus: advantages weighed against drawbacks, plus signs on a page, or positive quantities. The preposition meaning "and" or "with" has no plural, so pluses never stands in for it. The -es ending is the regular one after a word ending in s, the same pattern that gives buses.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of plus.

   Note

   The verb behind this form is informal and covers more ground than simple addition. Someone who pluses a column adds it up. Someone who pluses a proposal improves it, offering suggestions instead of criticisms. A seller who pluses a purchase adds related items to it. The spelling follows the plural noun, taking -es after the final s.

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