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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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superfluity
English
Etymology
superflu(ous) +? -ity, Old French superfluite, from Medieval Latin superfluitas, from Latin superfluus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?su?.p??flu?.?.ti/
Noun
superfluity (countable and uncountable, plural superfluities)
- The quality or state of being superfluous; overflowingness.
- Antonym: necessity
- Something superfluous, as a luxury.
- Antonym: necessity
- (rare) Collective noun for a group of nuns.
- 1905, Herbert A. Evans, Highways and Byways in Oxford and the Cotswolds, Macmillan and Co, (1905), page 266:
- These probably mark the dwelling of a colony, or to speak more precisely, according to Dame Juliana Berners, a superfluity of nuns from Godstow, which nunnery had a cell there, and was patron of the living.
- 2011, Sam Cullen, The Odd Bunnies, unnumbered page:
- Alice put Anna back on the shelf and turned up the volume on the TV, where a local news reporter was imparting a salutary tale of woe involving a superfluity of nuns who'd got into a scrape at a crab festival.
- 2012, Beth Yarnall, Rush, Crimson Romance (2012), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:
- […] That man could charm the panties off a superfluity of nuns.”
- 1905, Herbert A. Evans, Highways and Byways in Oxford and the Cotswolds, Macmillan and Co, (1905), page 266:
Translations
Further reading
- superfluity at OneLook Dictionary Search
superfluity From the web:
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