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Word: surplus (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.

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Noun:

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

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