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surplus
English
Etymology
From Middle English surplus, from Middle French surplus. Compare French surplus.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s??pl?s/, /?s?pl?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s??pl?s/
- Hyphenation: sur?plus
Noun
surplus (countable and uncountable, plural surpluses or surplusses)
- That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
- Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.
- (law) The remainder of a fund appropriated for a particular purpose.
- (law) assets left after liabilities and debts, including capital stock have been deducted.
Synonyms
- oversum
Antonyms
- lack
- deficit
- shortage
Translations
Adjective
surplus (not comparable)
- Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient
Translations
Verb
surplus (third-person singular simple present surpluses or surplusses, present participle surplussing or surplusing, simple past and past participle surplussed or surplused)
- (transitive) To treat as surplus to requirements; to sell off or dismiss from employment, etc.
- 1952, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, Moroccan air base construction. 2 v (page 618)
- This employee was engaged to direct asphalt plants and inasmuch as the work for which he had been employed was completed, he was surplused and his return travel was approved […]
- 1952, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, Moroccan air base construction. 2 v (page 618)
Anagrams
- upslurs
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch surplus, from Middle French surplus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?r.pl?s/
- Hyphenation: sur?plus
Noun
surplus n (plural surplussen, diminutive surplusje n)
- A surplus value, notably of money.
- Synonym: overschot
- Antonym: tekort
- A remaining quantity, notably stock excess.
- Synonym: restant
Derived terms
- surplusgoederen
- surplusvoorraad
French
Etymology
From Middle French surplus, from Old French sorplus. Equivalent to sur- +? plus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy?.ply/
Noun
surplus m (plural surplus)
- A surplus.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Italian: surplus
Further reading
- “surplus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French surplus.
Noun
surplus m (invariable)
- A surplus (all senses).
Romanian
Etymology
From French surplus.
Noun
surplus n (plural surplusuri)
- surplus
Declension
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burden
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English burden, birden, burthen, birthen, byrthen, from Old English byrden, byrþen, from Proto-West Germanic *burþini, from *burþ?, from Proto-Germanic *burþ??, from Proto-Indo-European *b?er- (“to carry, bear”).
Alternative forms
- burthen (archaic)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b??dn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b?dn/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d?n
Noun
burden (plural burdens)
- A heavy load.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- There were four or five men in the vault already, and I could hear more coming down the passage, and guessed from their heavy footsteps that they were carrying burdens.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- A responsibility, onus.
- A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
- c. 1710-1730, Jonathan Swift, The Dean's Complaint Translated and Answered
- Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone, / To all my friends a burden grown.
- c. 1710-1730, Jonathan Swift, The Dean's Complaint Translated and Answered
- The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
- a ship of a hundred tons burden
- (mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
- (metalworking) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
- A fixed quantity of certain commodities.
- (obsolete, rare) A birth.
- […] that bore thee at a burden two fair sons.
- (medicine) The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or similar present in an organism.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
burden (third-person singular simple present burdens, present participle burdening, simple past and past participle burdened)
- (transitive) To encumber with a literal or figurative burden.
- (transitive) To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
Derived terms
- burden basket
- burdensome
- beast of burden
Translations
Etymology 2
From Old French bordon. See bourdon.
Noun
burden (plural burdens)
- (music) A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
- Foot it featly here and there; / And, sweet sprites, the burden bear.
- 1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Philosophy of Composition
- As commonly used, the refrain, or burden, not only is limited to lyric verse, but depends for its impression upon the force of monotone - both in sound and thought.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
- The drone of a bagpipe.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ruddiman to this entry?)
- Theme, core idea.
References
Anagrams
- bunder, burned, unbred
Middle English
Etymology 1
From bord +? -en (“adjectival ending”)
Adjective
burden
- Alternative form of borden
Etymology 2
From burde +? -en (“plural ending”)
Noun
burden
- plural of burde
West Frisian
Noun
burden
- plural of burd
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