Dictionary Entry
surplus
surplus is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
- 2noun
Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.
- 3adjective
Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.
- 4noun
a quantity much larger than is needed
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- 5adjective
more than is needed, desired, or required
"trying to lose excess weight"
"found some extra change lying on the dresser"
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