Definitions for SurPlus
ˈsɜr plʌs, -pləssur·plus

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. excess, surplus, surplusage, nimietyadjective

   a quantity much larger than is needed

2. excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplusadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.4 / 5 votes

1. surplusnoun

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

2. surplusnoun

   Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.

3. surplusnoun

   The remainder of a fund appropriated for a particular purpose.

4. surplusnoun

   assets left after liabilities and debts, including capital stock have been deducted.

5. surplusadjective

   Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surplus, Surplusagenoun

   A supernumerary part; overplus; what remains when use is satisfied.

   Etymology: sur and plus, French.

   If then thee list my offered grace to use,
   Take what thou please of all this surplusage;
   If thee list not, leave have thou to refuse. Edmund Spenser.

   That you have vouchsaf’d my poor house to visit,
   It is a surplus of your grace. William Shakespeare.

   When the price of corn falleth, men give over surplus tillage, and break no more ground. Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall.

   We made a substance so disposed to fluidity, that by so small an agitation as only the surplusage of that which the ambient air is wont to have about the middle even of a Winter’s day, above what it hath in the first part. Boyle.

   The officers spent all, so as there was no surplusage of treasure; and yet that all was not sufficient. Davies.

   Whatsoever degrees of assent one affords a proposition beyond the degrees of evidence, it is plain all that surplusage of assurance is owing not to the love of truth. John Locke.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surplusnoun

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

2. Surplusnoun

   specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government

3. Surplusadjective

   being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words

4. Etymology: [F., fr. sur over + plus more. See Sur-, and Plus, and cf. Superplus.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Surplus

   sur′plus, n. the overplus: excess above what is required.—n. Sur′plusage, overplus. [Fr., from sur—L. super, over, plus, more.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SURPLUS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Surplus is ranked #109258 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Surplus surname appeared 162 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Surplus.
   
   95% or 154 total occurrences were White.
   3% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'SurPlus' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4427

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'SurPlus' in Nouns Frequency: #2585

How to pronounce SurPlus?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say SurPlus in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of SurPlus in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of SurPlus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of SurPlus in a Sentence

1. Lee Sang-wook:

   Gas supply from Yemen has no disruption so far. We are not concerned given the supply surplus and weak demand currently.

2. Daniel Redondo:

   We don't believe in self sufficiency. We believe in supplying the country's needs, self sufficiency would imply to have an exportable surplus and that is not going to happen soon.

3. Sean Penn:

   Only the U.S. constitution could sideline his presidency... As the administration that followed squandered the surplus with misguided wars, the devastation we face today would have been tempered today if he (Clinton) had continued as our commander in chief.

4. The IEA:

   This surplus crude provides some relief, with OPEC's spare production buffer stretched thin as Saudi Arabia - which holds the lion's share of excess capacity - and its Gulf neighbours pump at near record rates, the shock absorber provided by oil stocks is no longer restricted to just crude. As refineries ran flat out to meet soaring demand for gasoline in top consumers the United States and China, distillate inventories ballooned as a consequence.

5. Sushant Gupta:

   Most of their product will be diesel to Europe because Asia is already in surplus of diesel, and by sending crude and gasoline to Asia, of which it is short, they actually support the many partnerships they have across the region.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=SurPlus
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Surplus
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=SurPlus
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/SurPlus
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=SurPlus
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html