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| sur·plus [ súrpləss ] |
noun (plural sur·plus·es) |
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1. excess amount: an amount remaining after the original purpose has been served or the original requirement met
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2. excess money: an amount of money remaining after all liabilities have been met
  The government is predicting a trade surplus this year.
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3. accounting extra worth: the amount by which the net worth of a company's assets exceeds the value of its owned stock
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adjective |
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additional to requirements: not required to meet existing needs, or left over after these have been met
surplus clothing
be surplus to requirements
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| [14th century. Via Anglo-Norman< medieval Latin superplus, literally "more beyond" < Latin plus "more"] |
