surplus.

An amount exceeding what is needed or used.

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Words that belong together

• budget surplus
• surplus capacity

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The harvest left a surplus after local needs were met.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Singular surplus; plural surpluses. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation, business. Commonness: common.