[syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Surplus \Sur"plus\, n. [F., fr. sur over + plus more. See
Sur-, and Plus, and cf. Superplus.]
1. That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when
a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
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2. Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time
greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the
government.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Surplus \Sur"plus\, a.
Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as,
surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.
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When the price of corn falleth, men give over surplus
tillage, and break no more ground. --Carew.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
surplus
adj 1: 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,
surplus]
n 1: a quantity much larger than is needed [syn: excess,
surplus, surplusage, nimiety]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
127 Moby Thesaurus words for "surplus":
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