surplus
Meaning of surplus
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.
verb
To treat as surplus to requirements, to sell off.
adjective- Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient
It is surplus to our needs
Information about surplus
Hyphenation of surplus
sur-plus
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- surplus is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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Meaning excess:
excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplusage, nimiety
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Translation of surplus
- Spanish: excedentes, ganancia, demasiado, excesivo
- French: surplus
- Italian: surplus, eccedenza, extra, superfluo
- Portuguese: excedente
- German: Überschuss
Words that rhyme with surplus
plus, peplus, periplus, nonplus, Actoplus, Melanoplus, Uroplus, melanoplus, overplus, superplus
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