Surplus Definition

sûrpləs, -plŭs
surpluses
adjective
Forming a surplus; excess; extra.
Webster's New World
Designating or of commodities (specif., certain excess farm products) bought, stored, distributed, etc. by the government under the Federal price-support program.
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noun
surpluses
A quantity or amount over and above what is needed or used; something left over; excess.
Webster's New World
The excess of the assets of a business over its liabilities for a given period.
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The excess of the total accumulated assets of a business over its liabilities and capital stock outstanding.
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Excess of receipts over expenditures.
American Heritage

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

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Noun

Singular:
surplus
Plural:
surpluses, surplusses

Origin of Surplus

  • Middle English an excess, surplus from Old French an excess from Medieval Latin superplūs Latin super- super- Latin plūs more pelə-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French surplus

    From Wiktionary

Surplus Sentence Examples

  • The surplus for the year amounted to 65,000,000 lire.

  • In the lean years, harvests are small and farmers sometimes don't even produce enough to have surplus to sell.

  • Surplus plants and cuttings are generally distributed without charge to educational or charitable institutions, and to the poor.

  • These do not take a direct part in the formation of the new tissue, but it is believed merely yield their surplus acquisitions, becoming ordinary blood-cells or disappearing altogether.

  • Markets are established in the city where peasants can bring their surplus supplies and the products of the soil.

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