Definitions for surplus

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surplus sur·plus

Spelling: [sur-pluhs, -pluh s]

IPA: /ˈsɜr plʌs, -pləs/

Surplus is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 83 anagrams from letters in surplus (lprssuu).

Definitions for surplus

noun

1. something that remains above what is used or needed.
2. an amount, quantity, etc., greater than needed.
3. agricultural produce or a quantity of food grown by a nation or area in excess of its needs, especially such a quantity of food purchased and stored by a governmental program of guaranteeing farmers a specific price for certain crops.
4. Accounting. the excess of assets over liabilities accumulated throughout the existence of a business, excepting assets against which stock certificates have been issued; excess of net worth over capital-stock value. an amount of assets in excess of what is requisite to meet liabilities.

adjective

1. being a surplus; being in excess of what is required:

verb (used with object)

1. to treat as surplus; sell off; retire:

Origin of surplus

1325-75; Middle English (noun) Old French Medieval Latin superplus, equivalent to super- super- + plus plus

Examples for surplus

Like surplus gear, a couple services are getting rid of people too.

No nation has ever before been embarrassed from too large a surplus in its treasury.

Scottish farmers had already been making whisky in the area for centuries with their surplus barley.

In September 2013, the government reported a surplus of $75.1 billion.

But we now have all this surplus military weaponry going to police forces.

While a Treasury surplus is not the greatest evil, it is a serious evil.

This is an era of change coming thick and fast after the war, and London is a city of surplus women and new class mobility.

They pay taxes on their capital and surplus, not on their loans.

Haven't we spent all our surplus in keeping you up for a good marriage?

A surplus in the Treasury created by loans is not a permanent or safe reliance.