Meaning & use

plus

preposition·Everyday

In addition to; used to show that something is added to another amount or item.

See it in a sentence

The total cost was two hundred dollars plus tax and a small delivery fee.

The apartment has two bedrooms plus a small office space by the kitchen.

A note on using this word

Plus can also work as a conjunction meaning and also in informal speech, as in I was tired, plus it was raining.

Words with a similar meaning

andin addition to

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Words with an opposite meaning

Another way to use it

2. noun

An advantage or positive feature of something.

The biggest plus of the new apartment is its short walk to the train station.

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