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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Surplus

/sẽrp'-ləs/ · Sur·plus · IPA /ˈsɝˌplʌs/
01 n. That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
  1. 1.
    That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
  2. 2.
    Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.
02 a. Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.
  1. 1.
    Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.
    “When the price of corn falleth, men give over surplus tillage, and break no more ground.” — Carew.