'Surplus' definitions:
Definition of 'surplus'
From: WordNet
adjective
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" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus]
noun
Definition of 'Surplus'
From: GCIDE
- Surplus \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Surplus'
From: GCIDE
- Surplus \Sur"plus\, a. Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words. [1913 Webster]
- When the price of corn falleth, men give over surplus tillage, and break no more ground. --Carew. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'surplus'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accessory,
- additional,
- ancillary,
- another,
- as a bonus,
- auxiliary,
- balance,
- bonus,
- boot,
- bounce,
- break,
- bump,
- bust,
- can,
- cashier,
- collateral,
- contributory,
- credit,
- de trop,
- deficiency,
- deficit,
- defrock,
- degrade,
- demote,
- deplume,
- depose,
- deprive,
- difference,
- disbar,
- discharge,
- discrepancy,
- disemploy,
- dismiss,
- displace,
- displume,
- dividend,
- drum out,
- epact,
- exaggeration,
- excess,
- expel,
- extra,
- farther,
- fire,
- for lagniappe,
- fresh,
- furlough,
- further,
- give the ax,
- give the gate,
- glut,
- gratuity,
- inundation,
- kick,
- kick upstairs,
- lagniappe,
- lay off,
- left,
- leftover,
- leftovers,
- let go,
- let out,
- make redundant,
- margin,
- more,
- net,
- new,
- odd,
- other,
- outstanding,
- over,
- over and above,
- overabundance,
- overage,
- overdose,
- overflow,
- overflowing,
- overgrowth,
- overkill,
- overmeasure,
- overmuch,
- overpass,
- overplus,
- overrun,
- overrunning,
- overset,
- overspreading,
- overstock,
- oversupply,
- pension off,
- plethora,
- plus,
- pourboire,
- read out of,
- redundancy,
- redundant,
- release,
- remainder,
- remaining,
- remanent,
- remove,
- replace,
- retire,
- sack,
- separate forcibly,
- something extra,
- spare,
- strip,
- superannuate,
- superfluity,
- superfluous,
- superiority,
- supernumerary,
- supplemental,
- supplementary,
- surfeit,
- surplusage,
- surviving,
- suspend,
- tip,
- to spare,
- turn off,
- turn out,
- ulterior,
- unconsumed,
- unfrock,
- unused