surplus Definition
sur·plus (sʉr′plus′, -pləs)
noun
- a quantity or amount over and above what is needed or used; something left over; excess
- the excess of the assets of a business over its liabilities for a given period
- the excess of the total accumulated assets of a business over its liabilities and capital stock outstanding
Etymology: ME < OFr < sur-, above (see sur-) + L plus, more (see plus)
adjective
- forming a surplus; excess; extra
- ☆ designating or of commodities (specif., certain excess farm products) bought, stored, distributed, etc. by the government under the Federal price-support program
surplus Synonyms
surplus Usage Examples
Converse of object
- accumulate: The relevant Head of Department is responsible for any accumulated surplus or deficit once a CET account has been closed.
- declare: Where a property or land is declared surplus the Council will require evidence that it is no longer an essential local facility.
- generate: The sector exported £ 14.2 billion in 1994, generating a trade surplus of £ 2.6 billion.
- accrue: The project identified some solutions to achieving flexibility, including allowing users to accrue a surplus for contingencies.
- divert: Right away that way into certain divert the surplus.
Adjective modifier
- retained: The HDC's retained revenue surplus is large and to an extent unplanned.
- projected: The board further noted that the college budget for the year had moved from a small projected surplus to a deficit of £ 73,000.
- agricultural: The government would buy up all the agricultural surpluses against the day of shortages.
- net: The final figure will be the net surplus or deficit for the period.
Modifies a noun
- plutonium: The Pit Disassembly and Conversion Facility is a key component of the Administration's effort to dispose of surplus weapons plutonium.
- embryo: They are obtained from surplus embryos produced throughout the world in the course of infertility treatment.
- monies: This document outlines the organization's treasury policy regarding the investment of surplus monies and the raising of capital finance.
- asset: There are no other significant possibilities for sale of surplus assets or asset disposal.
- cash: The Society was able to invest surplus cash in land.
- fund: You get a say in how Veggies spends any surplus funds at the end of the summer.
Noun used with modifier
- revaluation: The statement requires that the provision established should have regard to the manner in which the revaluation surplus will be realized.
- army: Jeez - you can still buy the real thing down the army surplus store for fourteen quid.
- budget: At the same time the government is claiming to have amassed a current budget surplus of £ 23 billion last year.
- operating: There will be no shareholders, and any operating surplus will be used for the benefit of the railroad system.
- consumer: Table 1 summarizes the results from a set of travel cost studies that have estimated visitor consumer surplus for various national parks.
Browse dictionary entries near surplus
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