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surplus en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɝˌplʌs/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsɜːpləs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsɝpləs/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English surplus, from Middle French surplus. Compare French surplus.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient.
   • But to return to where we left her, I see her still, propped up in a kind of stupor against one of the walls in which this wretched edifice abounds, her long grey greasy hair framing in its cowl of scrofulous mats a face where pallor, languor, hunger, acne, recent dirt, immemorial chagrin and surplus hair seemed to dispute the mastery. 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
   • surplus words
   • surplus population
   • 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. 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
   • The latest shipment of goods is surplus to our needs.

Synonyms

offcut · excess

Translations (23)

sa अतिरेक (being a surplus) · es sobrante (being a surplus) · fi ylimääräinen (being a surplus) · ru профицит (being a surplus) · bg излишен (being a surplus) · mk о́двишен (being a surplus) · pt excedente (being a surplus) · bg добавъчен (being a surplus) · hu felesleges (being a surplus) · ota آرتق (being a surplus) · hu többlet- (being a surplus) · el πλεονάζων (being a surplus) · es excedentario (being a surplus) · mk и́злишен (being a surplus) · th ส่วนเกิน (being a surplus) · el παραπανήσιος (being a surplus) · hi अतिरिक्त (being a surplus) · fr excédentaire (being a surplus) · fi ylijäämä- (being a surplus) · mi tuhene (being a surplus) · nb overflødig (being a surplus) · nn overflødig (being a surplus) · es excedente (being a surplus)

surplus en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɝˌplʌs/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsɜːpləs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsɝpləs/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English surplus, from Middle French surplus. Compare French surplus.

Meanings

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

Forms

Antonyms

deficit · shortage · lack

Deriveds

nonsurplus · surplus budget

Synonyms

oversum · superplus · profusion · overquantity · fat · superfluousness · plenteousness · fertility · surplusage · surfeit · overabundance · acrasy · superfluity · overquantity · plethora · productiveness · ug · nimiety · surplus · uberty · overflow · superabundance · superaddition · plentifulness · immoderation · acrasia · exuberance · glut · excess · abundance · superflux · fulth · excessiveness · overage · plenty · fecundity · copiousness · fertileness · mountain · overplus · superabundance · intemperance · fruitfulness · incontinence · oversum · plus

Translations (96)

hu felesleg (excess, overplus) · pt excesso (excess, overplus) · hu fölösleg (excess, overplus) · pt superávit (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs) · pl nadwyżka (excess, overplus) · es residuo (excess, overplus) · nl surplus (excess, overplus) · ru изли́шек (excess, overplus) · hu többlet (excess, overplus) · cmn 過剩 /过剩 (excess, overplus) · pt excedente (excess, overplus) · tr artık (excess, overplus) · ru избы́ток (excess, overplus) · mi tuwhene (excess, overplus) · tl labis (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs) · de Rest (excess, overplus) · ko 과잉 (excess, overplus) · ja 余り (excess, overplus) · sh víšak (excess, overplus) · hi अतिरिक्त (excess, overplus) · sk nadbytok (excess, overplus) · hu maradvány (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs) · th ส่วนเกิน (excess, overplus) · sq tepricë (excess, overplus) · sv överskott (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs) · hi अधिशेष (excess, overplus) · ja 余剰 (excess, overplus) · mk суфици́т (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs) · ko 잉여 (excess, overplus) · el πλεόνασμα (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs) · ga fuílleach (excess, overplus) · nb overskudd (excess, overplus) · az artıq (excess, overplus) · be надме́р (excess, overplus) · es exceso (excess, overplus) · ko 잔여 (excess, overplus) · ka სიჭარბე (excess, overplus) · cmn 盈餘 /盈余 (excess, overplus) · el περίσσευμα (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs) · hu maradványkeret (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs) · mi tuhene (excess, overplus) · pl nadmiar (excess, overplus) · fi ylijäämä (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs) · ja 剰余金 (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs) · cs nadbytek (excess, overplus) · bg изли́шък (excess, overplus) · eo pluso (excess, overplus) · hi अधिशेष (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs) · da overskud (excess, overplus) · tl labis (excess, overplus) · txb atirek (excess, overplus) · uk надли́шок (excess, overplus) · mi hemihemi (excess, overplus) · es sobra (excess, overplus) · ca superàvit (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs) · it surplus (excess, overplus) · fa مازاد (excess, overplus) · sv överskott (excess, overplus) · sh ви́шак (excess, overplus) · ko 흑자 (excess, overplus) · ang oferēaca (excess, overplus) · az artıqlıq (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs) · uk ли́шок (excess, overplus) · hu többlet (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs) · pt excedente (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs) · sl višek (excess, overplus) · de Überschuss (excess, overplus) · el πλεόνασμα (excess, overplus) · ro surplus (excess, overplus) · mns-nor арген са̄в (excess, overplus) · pdt Äwafluss (excess, overplus) · ar فَائِض (excess, overplus) · cs přebytek (excess, overplus) · hu maradék (excess, overplus) · be лі́шніца (excess, overplus) · ru профици́т (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs) · mns-nor арыгтамут (excess, overplus) · be лі́шка (excess, overplus) · he עודף (excess, overplus) · uk на́дмір (excess, overplus) · fr excédentaire (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs) · hy հավելուրդ (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs) · es excedente (excess, overplus) · ang oferēaca (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs) · nl overschot (excess, overplus) · cmn 多餘 /多余 (excess, overplus) · he עֹדֶף (excess, overplus) · fr surplus (excess, overplus) · mk ви́шок (excess, overplus) · es superávit (excess, overplus) · ga brabach (excess, overplus) · fi ylijäämä (excess, overplus) · be лі́шак (excess, overplus) · es superávit (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs) · sk prebytok (excess, overplus) · az artıq (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs)

surplus en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɝˌplʌs/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsɜːpləs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsɝpləs/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English surplus, from Middle French surplus. Compare French surplus.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To treat as surplus to requirements; to sell off or dismiss from employment, etc.
   • This employee was engaged to direct asphalt plants and inasmuch as the work for which he had been employed was completed, he was surplused and his return travel was approved […] 1952, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, Moroccan air base construction. 2 v, page 618:

Forms

Deriveds

producer surplus · surplus labour · capital surplus · agricultural surplus · surplus value · trade surplus · surplus killing · surplus to requirements · consumer surplus