surplus

Speech parts

1. surplus - Noun

2. surplus - Adjective

3. surplus - Verb

4. surplus - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

extra excess remainder abundance spare redundant redundancy remnant overflow superfluous overplus additional overage supernumerary supererogatory
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Antonyms

lack deficit shortage central few need
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Hypernyms

overmuch overmuchness overabundance

Phrases with the word

surplus cash budget surplus surplus production surplus energy surplus power gross operating surplus

Examples

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community. Andrew Carnegie

Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus. Aneurin Bevan

We must find new lands from which we can easily obtain raw materials and at the same time exploit the cheap slave labor that is available from the natives of the colonies. The colonies would also provide a dumping ground for the surplus goods produced in our factories. Cecil Rhodes

A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various powerful interests, combined in one mass, and held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in banks. John C. Calhoun

A strong man is remembered on the day of the fight, and a gluttony on the day pounded yam is surplus. Nigerian Proverb

When an elephant falls, meat is sure to be surplus for those who follow the hunter. Nigerian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

surphul surplice surpliced surplus benefit surplus bone surplus cash