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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a quantity much larger than is needed;
[syn: excess, surplus, surplusage, nimiety]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. more than is needed, desired, or required;
- Example: "trying to lose excess weight"
- Example: "found some extra change lying on the dresser"
- Example: "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"
- Example: "skills made redundant by technological advance"
- Example: "sleeping in the spare room"
- Example: "supernumerary ornamentation"
- Example: "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"
- Example: "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"
- Example: "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"
- Example: "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
[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]