'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
A quantity much larger than is needed [syn: excess, surplus, surplusage, nimiety]

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]

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