Meaning of SURPLUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'surplus
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | excess, excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplusage, unnecessary, unneeded |
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| | See Also: | | overabundance, overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance | |
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\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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