Hypertext Webster Gateway: "surplus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Surplus \Sur"plus\, n. [F., fr. sur over + plus more. See
{Sur-}, and {Plus}, and cf. {Superplus}.]
1. That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when
a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
2. Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time
greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the
government.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Surplus \Sur"plus\, a.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
surplus
adj : 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" [syn: {excess}, {extra}, {redundant}, {spare}, {supererogatory},
{superfluous}, {supernumerary}]
n : a quantity much larger than is needed [syn: {excess}, {surplusage}]
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