surplus

Borrowed from Old French sorplus. Compare French surplus.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝˌplʌs/, /ˈsɝpləs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːpləs/
• Hyphenation: sur‧plus

surplus (plural surpluses or surplusses)

1. That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
2. Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.
3. (law) The remainder of a fund appropriated for a particular purpose.
4. (law) assets left after liabilities and debts, including capital stock have been deducted.

• oversum

• lack
• deficit

surplus (not comparable)

1. Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient

   surplus revenues

   surplus population

   surplus words

   It is surplus to our needs

   • 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist‎, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):

     An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.

surplus (third-person singular simple present surpluses or surplusses, present participle surplussing or surplusing, simple past and past participle surplussed or surplused)

1. To treat as surplus to requirements, to sell off.

• upslurs

From sur- +‎ plus

• IPA^(key): /syʁ.ply/

surplus m (plural surplus)

1. surplus

• → Italian: surplus

• “surplus” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Borrowed from French surplus.

surplus m (invariable)

1. surplus (all senses)