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surplus
noun(sur-plus)
the amount that remains when use or need is satisfied
surplus
noun(sur-plus)
an excess of receipts over disbursements
surplus
noun(sur-plus)
the excess of a corporation's net worth over the par or stated value of its stock
surplus
adjective(sur-plus)
more than the amount that is needed : constituting a surplus
surplus
noun(sur-plus)
the difference in Marxist theory between the value of work done or of commodities produced by labor and the usually subsistence wages paid by the employer
surplus
idiom(sur-plus)
no longer needed
surplus
noun(sur-plus)
more money than is needed to pay for planned expenses
surplus
noun(sur-plus)
a situation in which a country sells more to other countries than it buys from other countries : the amount of money by which a country's exports are greater than its imports

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