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Surplus

see synonyms of surplus

Noun

1. excess, nimiety, surplus, surplusage

a quantity much larger than is needed

Adjective

2. excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus

more than is needed, desired, or required

Example Sentences:
'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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Surplus

see synonyms of surplus
noun plural -pluses
1. 
a quantity or amount in excess of what is required
2. accounting
a. 
an excess of total assets over total liabilities
b. 
an excess of actual net assets over the nominal value of capital stock
c. 
an excess of revenues over expenditures during a certain period of time
3. economics
a. 
an excess of government revenues over expenditures during a certain financial year
b. 
an excess of receipts over payments on the balance of payments
adjective
4. 
being in excess; extra

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Surplus

see synonyms of surplus
noun
1. 
a quantity or amount over and above what is needed or used; something left over; excess
2. 
a. 
the excess of the assets of a business over its liabilities for a given period
b. 
the excess of the total accumulated assets of a business over its liabilities and capital stock outstanding
adjective
3. 
forming a surplus; excess; extra
4.  US
designating or of commodities (specif., certain excess farm products) bought, stored, distributed, etc. by the government under the Federal price-support program
see also price support

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Surplus

see synonyms of surplus
adj.
Being more than or in excess of what is needed or required: surplus grain. See Synonyms at superfluous.
n.
1. An amount or quantity in excess of what is needed.
2. Accounting
a. Total assets minus the sum of all liabilities.
b. Excess of a corporation's net assets over the face value of its capital stock.
c. Excess of receipts over expenditures.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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