noun, adjective
noun [C,U]
1 an amount that is extra or more than you need:
agricultural / food surpluses * Wheat was in surplus that year.
2 the amount by which the amount of money received is greater than the amount of money spent:
a trade surplus of ｣400 million * The balance of payments was in surplus last year (= the value of exports was greater than the value of imports).
compareDEFICIT
adjective ~ (to sth) more than is needed or used:
surplus cash / funds * Surplus grain is being sold for export. * These items are surplus to requirements (= not needed). * This diet guarantees to help you shed surplus fat.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for surplus is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does surplus appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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