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sur·plus  (sûrpls, -pls)

adj.

Being more than or in excess of what is needed or required: surplus grain. See Synonyms at superfluous.

n.

1. An amount or a quantity in excess of what is needed.

2. Accounting

a. Total assets minus the sum of all liabilities.

b. Excess of a corporation's net assets over the face value of its capital stock.

c. Excess of receipts over expenditures.

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[Middle English, an excess, surplus, from Old French, an excess, from Medieval Latin superpls : Latin super-, super- + Latin pls, more; see pel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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surplus [ˈsɜːpləs]

n pl -pluses

1. a quantity or amount in excess of what is required

2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping) Accounting

a.  an excess of total assets over total liabilities

b.  an excess of actual net assets over the nominal value of capital stock

c.  an excess of revenues over expenditures during a certain period of time

3. (Economics) Economics

a.  an excess of government revenues over expenditures during a certain financial year

b.  an excess of receipts over payments on the balance of payments

adj

being in excess; extra

[from Old French, from Medieval Latin superplūs, from Latin super- + plūs more]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	surplus - a quantity much larger than is needed excess, nimiety, surplusage overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance, overabundance - a quantity that is more than what is appropriate; "four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy"; "we received an inundation of email"
Adj.	1.	surplus - more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy" excess, extra, redundant, supererogatory, supernumerary, superfluous, spare unnecessary, unneeded - not necessary

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surplus

noun

excess, surfeit, superabundance, superfluity Germany suffers from a surplus of teachers.
excess lack, deficit, shortage, deficiency, shortfall, dearth, paucity, insufficiency

adjective

extra, spare, excess, remaining, odd, in excess, left over, unused, superfluous Few people have large sums of surplus cash.
extra lacking, inadequate, insufficient, scarce, limited, falling short, scant, deficient, scanty

Translations

surplus [ˈsɜːpləs]

A. N (surpluses (pl))

1. (= excess) → exceso m (Comm, Agr) (from overproduction) → excedente m
a surplus of teachers → un exceso de profesores
the 1995 wheat surplus → el excedente or los excedentes de trigo de 1995
a pair of army surplus boots → un par de botas provenientes de excedentes militares

2. (Fin, Econ) → superávit m
budget surplus → superávit m presupuestario
trade surplus → balanza f comercial favorable, superávit m (en balanza)comercial

B. ADJ → sobrante (Comm, Agr) (from overproduction) → excedentario, excedente
surplus energy → energía f sobrante
to be surplus to requirements → no ser ya necesario, sobrar
stocks surplus to requirements → existencias fpl que exceden de las necesidades
I was made to feel surplus to requirements (iro) → hicieron que me sintiera(como que estaba)de más

C. CPD surplus stock N → saldos mpl
sale of surplus stock → liquidación f de saldos
surplus store N → tienda f de excedentes

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surplus [ˈsɜː^rpləs]

n → surplus m, excédent m

adj (= excess) surplus cash → l'excédent de liquidités
surplus grain → l'excédent de blé
surplus to requirements
It is surplus to our requirements → Cela excède nos besoins.
surplus stock → surplus mpl
surplus store n → magasin m de surplus

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surplus

n → Überschuss m (→ of an +dat); a balance of trade surplus → ein Überschuss m → in der Handelsbilanz

adj → überschüssig; (of countable objects) → überzählig; surplus value → Mehrwert m; Army surplus boots → Stiefel pl; sale of surplus stock → Verkauf m → von Lagerbeständen; have you any surplus sheets I could borrow? → hast du Laken übrig, die ich mir borgen könnte?; it is surplus to (my) requirements → das benötige ich nicht; surplus store Geschäft, das billig Lagerbestände verkauft

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surplus [ˈsɜːpləs]

1. n (Fin, Comm) → surplus m inv
to have a surplus of sth → avere qc in eccedenza
labour surplus → eccedenza di manodopera

2. adj → eccedente, d'avanzo (Fin, Comm) → di sovrappiù, in eccedenza
surplus stock → merce f in sovrappiù
it is surplus to our requirements → eccede i nostri bisogni

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surplus [ˈsɜːpləs]

1. n (Fin, Comm) → surplus m inv
to have a surplus of sth → avere qc in eccedenza
labour surplus → eccedenza di manodopera

2. adj → eccedente, d'avanzo (Fin, Comm) → di sovrappiù, in eccedenza
surplus stock → merce f in sovrappiù
it is surplus to our requirements → eccede i nostri bisogni

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surplus

n surplus [ˈsəˈpləs]

the amount left over when what is required has been used etc Canada produces a surplus of raw materials; (also adjective ) surplus stocks; The country had a trade surplus (= exported more than it imported) last month. surplus فائِض излишък přebytek; přebytečný overskud; -overskud; overskuds- der Überschust, Überschuß-... πλεόνασμα excedente ülejääk اضافي ylijäämä (en) surplus יִתרָה अधिशेष, बढ़ती višak, suvišak fölösleg surplus umframbirgðir; offramleiðsla surplus, eccesso; in eccesso 余り 흑자 perteklius, perviršis pārpalikums; lieks daudzums berlebihan overschot overskudd; overskudds- nadwyżka, nadmiar excedente (în) surplus излишек prebytok; prebytočný presežek; presežen višak överskott จำนวนที่เกิน fazla, artık 剩餘(物) лишок, решта فاضل، زاءد از ضرورت số thừa, số thặng dư 剩余（物）

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surplus → فائض, فَائِض přebytečný, přebytek overskud, overskydende Überschuss, überschüssig περίσσευμα, περίσσιος excedente, sobrante ylijäämä, ylimääräinen supplémentaire, surplus suvišan, višak eccedente, eccedenza 余り, 余分な 나머지, 나머지의 overtollig, surplus overskudd, overskytende nadmiar, w nadmiarze excedente избыточный, излишек överskott, överskotts- เป็นส่วนเกิน, จำนวนที่เกิน fazla, fazlalık lượng dư, thừa 剩余, 多余的