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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUR'PLUS, n. [L. id.,more.]
1. Overplus; that which remains when use is satisfied; excess beyond what is prescribed or wanted. In the United States, the surplus of wheat and rye not required for consumption or exportation, is distilled.
2. In law, the residuum of an estate, after the debts and legacies are paid.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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 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" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus] n
1: a quantity much larger than is needed [syn: excess, surplus, surplusage, nimiety]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin superplus, from Latin super- + plus more — more at plus Date: 14th century 1. a. the amount that remains when use or need is satisfied b. an excess of receipts over disbursements 2. the excess of a corporation's net worth over the par or stated value of its stock • surplus adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. 1 an amount left over when requirements have been met. 2 a an excess of revenue over expenditure in a given period, esp. a financial year (opp. DEFICIT). b the excess value of a company's assets over the face value of its stock. --adj. exceeding what is needed or used. Phrases and idioms: surplus value Econ. the difference between the value of work done and wages paid. Etymology: ME f. AF surplus, OF s(o)urplus f. med.L superplus (as SUPER-, + plus more)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. --Carew.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(surpluses) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If there is a surplus of something, there is more than is needed. Germany suffers from a surplus of teachers. N-VAR 2. Surplus is used to describe something that is extra or that is more than is needed. Few people have large sums of surplus cash... The houses are being sold because they are surplus to requirements. ADJ: usu ADJ n, also v-link ADJ to n 3. If a country has a trade surplus, it exports more than it imports. Japan's annual trade surplus is in the region of 100 billion dollars. N-COUNT: usu n N 4. If a government has a budget surplus, it has spent less than it received in taxes. Norway's budget surplus has fallen from 5.9% in 1986 to an expected 0.1% this year. N-COUNT: usu n N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Overplus, residue, excess, surplusage, superplus.

Moby Thesaurus

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