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Surplus Meaning & Definition
Surplus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Surplus?

[n] a quantity much larger than is needed
[adj] more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Surplus: excess | excess | extra | redundant | spare | supererogatory | superfluous | supernumerary | surplusage | unnecessary | unneeded

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See Also | overabundance | overmuch | overmuchness | superabundance

Surplus In Webster's Dictionary

\Sur"plus\, n. [F., fr. sur over + plus more. See {Sur-}, and {Plus}, and cf. {Superplus}.] 1. That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus. 2. Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.
\Sur"plus\, a. Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words. When the price of corn falleth, men give over surplus tillage, and break no more ground. --Carew.

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