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Dictionary: o·ver·ride   (ō'vər-rīd') pronunciation
 
tr.v., -rode (-rōd'), -rid·den (-rĭd'n), -rid·ing, -rides.
    1. To ride across.
    2. To ride beyond.
  1. To trample on.
  2. To ride (a horse) too hard.
    1. To prevail over; conquer: Budgetary concerns overrode all other considerations.
    2. To declare null and void; set aside: overrode the President's veto.
    3. To counteract the normal operation of (an automatic control).
  3. To extend over; overlap.
n. (ō'vər-rīd')
  1. A sales commission collected by an executive in addition to the commission received by a subordinate salesperson.
  2. See royalty (sense 9).
  3. A mechanism or system used to counteract an automatic control.
  4. The act or an instance of nullifying.

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1. Fee paid to someone higher in the organization, or above a certain amount.

2. Estate carved out of a working interest in an oil or gas lease.

3. To go beyond an agreement or to ignore part of a contract.

4. In government, legislative body casting enough votes to overturn a veto by the executive branch.

 

1. a fee paid to someone higher in the organization, or above a certain amount.
Example: In the agreement the salesman was required to pay an override of 10% of his gross Commissions to the managing Broker.

2. An Estate carved out of a working interest in an Oil and Gas Lease.
Example: The overriding Royalty required 2% of the production of the well be paid to the attorney who negotiated the oil lease.

 
Antonyms: override
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v

Definition: disallow
Antonyms: accept, allow

v

Definition: disregard
Antonyms: listen to, take notice of


 
Law Encyclopedia: Override
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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

An arrangement whereby commissions are made by sales managers based upon the sales made by their subordinate sales representatives. A term found in an agreement between a real estate agent and a property owner whereby the agent keeps the right to receive a commission for the sale of the property for a reasonable time after the agreement expires if the sale is made to a purchaser with whom the agent negotiated prior to the expiration of the agreement.

 
Wikipedia: Override
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Look up override in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

The word override can be used in several different contexts:

  • A manual override is any arrangement that allows a user to take control of an otherwise automatic system or prevent an automatic system from performing its function.
    • A safety override is used to prevent safety instrumented systems from operating.
  • A veto override allows the U.S. Congress to circumvent a veto by the President
  • In the telecommunications industry, an override is a four-digit number that allows callers to make a call using the services of a company other than their pre-selected phone company.
  • In object oriented programming, an override is a concept related to polymorphism and inheritance. See also: Overload
  • In insurance Overriders are a form of payments to brokers, they are known in the U.S.A. as Contingent commissions
  • Override is a 1994 American science fiction genre short film.
  • Override (Transformers) is the name of two Transformers characters.
  • Override is the former name of Spider-Man antagonist Shadrac.
  • In sales:
    • In traditional sales environments, an override is a commission paid to managers on sales made by their subordinates, usually calculated as a percentage of the gross sales commissions earned by the salesperson.
    • Similarly, in multi-level marketing, agents receive a commission on sales made by their downline (recruited agents).
  • OverRide, the PC Engine top-down shooter.
  • In Finance an override (or over-rider) discount is a payment from supplier to customer in one lump sum to account for discounts on future sales invoices. This is commonly used where a specific amount is agreed to be invoiced over time, rather than taking a percentage off each invoice.
  • Override is a gas discount program between Irving Oil, Shaw's Supermarkets, Dunkin Donuts, LL Bean, and other retailers. Earn points at the earn partners and burn the points for gas discounts at Irving locations.

 
Translations: Override
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - nedtrampe, negligere, sætte sig ud over, skamride (om hest)
n. - tilsidesættelse, overstyring

Nederlands (Dutch)
belangrijker zijn dan, voorrang hebben, te niet doen, handmatig ingrijpen, onder de voet lopen, met voeten treden, overlappen, door vijandig gebied rijden, afbeulen (paard), commissieloon van functionaris, apparaat voor handmatige ingreep

Français (French)
v. tr. - passer en manuel, passer outre à, l'emporter sur (une décision, une théorie)
n. - commande manuelle

Deutsch (German)
n. - Automatikabschaltung
v. - sich hinwegsetzen über

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ακύρωση, διακοπή αυτόματης διαδικασίας
v. - υπερβαίνω, παραμερίζω, αγνοώ, υπερισχύω, ακυρώνω, ανατρέπω, διακόπτω αυτόματη λειτουργία και αναλαμβάνω το χειρισμό

Italiano (Italian)
bonus generale, infrangere, calpestare, dominare, opprimere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - passar por cima de, espezinhar, desatender

Русский (Russian)
отвергнуть, не считаться, отменять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - invalidar, anular, dejar a un lado, pasar por encima de, hacer caso omiso de
n. - anulación, invalidación, sobrepaso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - åsidosättande, överskridande
v. - åsidosätta, sätta sig över, överskrida, dominera, upphäva, rida över

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
撤销, 推翻, 不顾, 无视, 使无效, 权力高于, 销售酬金, 手动控制装置

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 撤銷, 推翻, 不顧, 無視, 使無效, 權力高於
n. - 銷售酬金, 撤銷, 推翻, 手動控制裝置

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 유린하다, 사람을 말로 짓밟다, 부러진 뼈를 맞추다
n. - 보강완충철판, (말을)지나치게 타는 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 無視する, 優先する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عموله تدفع الى مدير المبيعات عن مبيعات قام بها موظفيه (فعل) يدوس, , يهيمن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הכריע, ביטל, טען לעליונות, דחק הצידה, התעלם מ-, רכב על פני-, דרס, עייף‬
n. - ‮תשלום על מכירות, גידול בהוצאות, ביטול, יכולת/מיתקן להשעיית פעולתו של מנגנון אוטומטי, נושא עיקרי או מאחד בסידרת טלביזיה‬


 
 

 

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