Surplus

[Sur·plus]

A surplus is something extra or left over. If your tree produces more apples than you can eat, you can make applesauce with the surplus of apples.

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That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.

Noun
a quantity much larger than is needed

Adjective S.
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


n.
That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.

n.
Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.

a.
Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.


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. 2. Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.

Surplus

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.

That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.

Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.

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Usage Examples

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.

I want to reform the tax code so that it's simple, fair, and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on incomes over $250,000 - the same rate we had when Bill Clinton was president the same rate we had when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest surplus in history, and a lot of millionaires to boot.

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