Surplus
['sɜːpləs] or ['sɝpləs]
Definition
(n.) That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
(n.) Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.
(a.) Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Overplus, residue, excess, surplusage.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Redundancy, remainder, rest, overplus, residue, excess, balance
ANT:Deficiency, deficit, shortcoming
Editor: Terence
Definition
n. the overplus: excess above what is required.—n. Sur′plusage overplus.
Checker: Sherman
Examples
- The surplus he holds merely as custodian, and it is passed on to the younger members of the community as necessity demands. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The surplus water is best removed by centrifugal pumps, since sand and sticks which would clog the valves of an ordinary pump are passed along without difficulty by the rotating wheel. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The surplus part of them, therefore, must be sent abroad, and exchanged for something for which there is a demand at home. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Suitable directions will at once be given for all trains and surplus artillery to conform to this movement. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Perhaps the Modern Period with its flexibility, sense of change, and desire for self-direction is a liberation due to the great surplus of wealth. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- They abound, therefore, in the rude produce of land; and instead of importing it from other countries, they have generally a large surplus to export. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But whether the capital which carries this surplus produce abroad be a foreign or a domestic one, is of very little importance. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The greater this surplus, the greater must likewise be the maintenance and employment of that class. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is only by means of such exportation, that this surplus can acquired value sufficient to compensate the labour and expense of producing it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- That part of their own surplus produce becomes of less value to them, and they have less encouragement to increase its quantity. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This surplus rent is the price which the inhabitant of the house pays for some real or supposed advantage of the situation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- About 96,000 hogsheads of tobacco are annually purchased in Virginia and Maryland with a part of the surplus produce of British industry. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- What is called gross profit, comprehends frequently not only this surplus, but what is retained for compensating such extraordinary losses. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Whether the merchant whose capital exports the surplus produce of any society, be a native or a foreigner, is of very little importance. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Thomas is still left with a sufficient force surplus to go to Selma under an energetic leader. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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