Dictionary Definition
surplus adj : 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] n : a
quantity much larger than is needed [syn: excess, surplusage, nimiety]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
- Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.
- : The remainder of a fund appropriated for a particular purpose.
- : assets left after liabilities and debts, including capital stock have been deducted.
Translations
excess, overplus
funds in public treasury greater than ordinary
needs
- ttbc Italian: avanzo
- ttbc Spanish: superávit , sobra
- ttbc Ukrainian: (1) ли́шок (lýšok) , зайвина́ (zajviná) , ре́шта (réšta)
Adjective
surplus- Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.
being a surplus
- Finnish: ylijäämä-, ylimääräinen
Extensive Definition
Surplus may refer to:
- budget surplus, the opposite of a budget deficit
- in economics, economic surplus (including producer surplus and consumer surplus), and capital surplus
- an excess of production or supply over demand (see supply and demand)
- surplus product or surplus value in Marxian economics
- physical surplus in the economic theory of Piero Sraffa
- operating surplus in national accounts
- army or war surplus, materiel produced by the arms industry which is no longer needed
- agriculture surplus, a development stimulus according to cultural anthropology
- Surplus (film), a 2003 Swedish documentary film about consumerism
surplus in Spanish: Superávit
surplus in French: Surplus
surplus in Italian: Surplus
surplus in Portuguese: Superávit
surplus in Simple English: Surplus
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accessory, additional, ancillary, another, as a bonus, auxiliary, balance, bonus, boot, bounce, break, bump, bust, can, cashier, collateral, contributory, credit, de trop, deficiency, deficit, defrock, degrade, demote, deplume, depose, deprive, difference, disbar, discharge, discrepancy, disemploy, dismiss, displace, displume, dividend, drum out, epact, exaggeration, excess, expel, extra, farther, fire, for lagniappe, fresh, furlough, further, give the ax, give the
gate, glut, gratuity, inundation, kick, kick upstairs, lagniappe, lay off, left, leftover, leftovers, let go, let out,
make redundant, margin,
more, net, new, odd, other, outstanding, over, over and above, overabundance, overage, overdose, overflow, overflowing, overgrowth, overkill, overmeasure, overmuch, overpass, overplus, overrun, overrunning, overset, overspreading, overstock, oversupply, pension off,
plethora, plus, pourboire, read out of,
redundancy, redundant, release, remainder, remaining, remanent, remove, replace, retire, sack, separate forcibly, something
extra, spare, strip, superannuate, superfluity, superfluous, superiority, supernumerary, supplemental, supplementary, surfeit, surplusage, surviving, suspend, tip, to spare, turn off, turn out,
ulterior, unconsumed, unfrock, unused