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Definition of SURPLUS

Surplus
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.
Surplus
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.

Meaning of SURPLUS from wikipedia

- Look up surplus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Surplus may refer to: Economic surplus, one of various supplementary values Excess supply, a situation...
- In mainstream economics, economic surplus, also known as total welfare or total social welfare or Marshallian surplus (after Alfred Marshall), is either...
- In Marxian economics, surplus value is the difference between the amount raised through a sale of a product and the amount it cost to manufacture it:...
- Military surplus are goods, usually materiel, that are sold or otherwise disposed of when held in excess or are no longer needed by the military. Entrepreneurs...
- Surplus killing, also known as excessive killing, henhouse syndrome, or overkill, is a common behavior exhibited by predators, in which they kill more...
- Surplus product (German: Mehrprodukt) is a concept theorised by Karl Marx in his critique of political economy. Roughly speaking, it is the extra goods...
- Vent for surplus is a theory that was formulated by Adam Smith and later revised by Hla Myint on his thesis of South East Asia. The theory states that...
- A surplus store or disposals store is a business that sells items and goods that are used, purchased but unused, or past their use by date, and are no...
- ****ets excluded.: 114–116  A positive balance is called a government budget surplus, and a negative balance is a government budget deficit. A government budget...
- In the United States a contingent surplus note is a bond-like instrument issued by an insurance company. These securities are subordinated obligations...