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View definitions for surplus

surplus

adjective as in extra

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He said baby boomers, now in their late 70s, will soon put millions of homes on the market, creating a surplus and a cratering of home values.

From Salon

The party's finances have been improving recently and its most recent accounts showed it was in surplus.

From BBC

King Charles III is to mark his 76th birthday by opening two hubs that will distribute large volumes of surplus food to food banks, schools and community centres.

From BBC

The Department of Health and Social Care says, currently, there is little incentive for trusts to run budget surpluses, from which they are unable to benefit - but that will now change.

From BBC

The newlyweds moved into the park, making do in a shipping container that housed a bathroom and two military surplus cots.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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