surplus
IPA: sˈɝpɫʌs
noun
- That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
- Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.
- (law) The remainder of a fund appropriated for a particular purpose.
- (law) assets left after liabilities and debts, including capital stock have been deducted.
verb
- (transitive) To treat as surplus to requirements; to sell off or dismiss from employment, etc.
adjective
- Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient.
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Examples of "surplus" in Sentences
- The surplus products are in the basement.
- The surplus is the candidate's vote minus the quota.
- The goal of the capitalist is to produce surplus value.
- Much of the surplus labor migrated to the United States.
- I value the surplus of information the world has to offer.
- The difference between the two prices is the consumer surplus.
- However the surrounding bodies of water feed the surplus olives.
- The figures indicate the first surplus in the history of the city state.
- Decoration is surplus to requirements by the very definition of the word.
- At the end of the ceremony, the goal was achieved and with a huge surplus.