surplus
[noun]
Synonyms:
- excess, balance, remainder, residue, surfeit
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- excess, extra, odd, remaining, spare, superfluous

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Antonyms: deficiency, shortage

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. sur‧plus¹ /ˈsɜːpləs $ ˈsɜːr-/ noun [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Medieval Latin superplus, from Latin plus 'more']

1. an amount of something that is more than what is needed or used Synonym : excess:
Any surplus can be trimmed away.
surplus of
a surplus of crude oil

2. the amount of money that a country or company has left after it has paid for all the things it needs:
a huge budget surplus of over £16 billion
⇒ trade surplus

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. surplus² adjective

1. more than what is needed or used:
Ethiopia has no surplus food.
surplus cash/funds/revenues
Surplus cash can be invested.

2. be surplus to requirements British English formal to be no longer necessary:
He found out he was surplus to requirements in London and left.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

surplus
noun
ADJ. large a large grain surplus
small
VERB + SURPLUS produce
SURPLUS + NOUN cash, stock
PREP. in ~ The pension fund is in surplus.

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