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1. (n.) surplus
something that remains above what is used or needed.
2. surplus
an amount, quantity, etc., greater than needed.
3. surplus
the excess of assets over liabilities, esp. the excess of net worth over capital-stock value.
4. (adj.) surplus
being a surplus; being in excess of what is required or used:
surplus wheat.
5. (v.t.) surplus
to treat as surplus; sell off.
Etymology: (1325–75; < OF < ML superplus=super-super - +plusplus)
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1. (adj) excess, surplus, surplusage, nimiety
a quantity much larger than is needed
2. (adj) excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus
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"
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1. (noun) surplus
an extra amount of sth that is not needed
a surplus of grain
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) surplus
being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words
2. (noun) surplus
that which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus
3. (noun) surplus
specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government
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Sense: the amount left over when what is required has been used etc
Canada produces a surplus of raw materials; (; The country had a trade surplus (= exported more than it imported) last month.
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 Afrikaans: surplus |
 Arabic: فائِض |
 Bulgarian: излишък |
 Brazilian: excedente |
 Czech: přebytek; přebytečný |
 German: derÜberschust, Überschuß- |
 Danish: overskud; -overskud; over |
 Greek: πλεόνασμα |
 Spanish: excedente |
 Estonian: ülejääk |
 Farsi: اضافي |
 Finnish: ylimäärä |
 French: (en) surplus |
 Hebrew: יִתרָה |
 Hindi: अधिशेष, बढ़ती |
 Croatian: višak, suvišak |
 Hungarian: fölösleg |
 Indonesian: surplus |
 Icelandic: umframbirgðir; offramleið |
 Italian: surplus, eccesso; in ecce |
 Japanese: 余り |
 Korean: 흑자 |
 Lithuanian: perteklius, perviršis |
 Latvian: pārpalikums; lieks daudzu |
 Malay: berlebihan |
 Dutch: overschot |
 Norwegian: overskudd; overskudds- |
 Polish: nadwyżka, nadmiar |
 Persian: اضافي |
 Pashto: اضافی |
 Portuguese: excedente |
 Romanian: (în) surplus |
 Russian: излишек |
 Slovak: prebytok; prebytočný |
 Slovenian: presežek; presežen |
 Serbian: višak |
 Swedish: överskott |
 Thai: จำนวนที่เกิน |
 Turkish: fazla, artık |
 Taiwanese: 剩餘(物) |
 Ukrainian: лишок, решта |
 Urdu: فاضل، زاءد از ضرورت |
 Vietnamese: số thừa, số thặng dư |
 Chinese: 剩余（物） |
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