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What is the noun for surplus?

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surplus
  1. That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
  2. Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.
  3. (law) The remainder of a fund appropriated for a particular purpose.
  4. (law) assets left after liabilities and debts, including capital stock have been deducted.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. excess, surfeit, superfluity, superabundance, overabundance, oversupply, plethora, overflow, redundancy, plus, overkill, overplus, bellyful, fat, glut, overmuch, surplusage, overage, profusion, remainder, balance, overrun, overstock, residue, oversufficiency, extra, spare, leftovers, remnant, remains, too much, the limit, extra material, something extra, flood, overload, nimiety, abundance, deluge, more than enough, plenty, avalanche, overdose, embarrassment, too many, plenitude, exuberance, fulsomeness, too much of a good thing, extravagance … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “None of this would have been possible without the development of agriculture and the capacity to produce a surplus of food that could be supplied to a sector of the population that was no longer responsible for feeding itself.”
surplusage
  1. (now rare) A surplus; a superabundance.
  2. (law) Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and may be rejected.
  3. (finance) A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. excess, surfeit, superfluity, surplus, superabundance, oversupply, overabundance, plethora, overflow, plus, redundancy, fat, overplus, bellyful, overkill, overmuch, overage, glut, remainder, balance, overrun, residue, overstock, too much, the limit, something extra, profusion, flood, overload, abundance, deluge, plenty, oversufficiency, nimiety, more than enough, avalanche, plenitude, overdose, satiety, overindulgence, exuberance, extra, embarrassment, enough and to spare, too much of a good thing, enough, extravagance, embarrassment of riches, spare, remnant … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “That out of her danger had resulted the engagement Diane had hoped for was surplusage of good luck.”
      “Therefore, all reference to it must be thrown out as meaningless surplusage.”
      “Art in writing, as in sculpture, often consists in the removal of surplusage.”
surplusages
  1. plural of surplusage
  2. Synonyms:
      3. excess, surfeit, superfluities, surpluses, superabundance, oversupplies, overabundances, plethoras, overflows, pluses, redundancy, fat, overpluses, bellyfuls, overkill, overages, gluts, remainders, balance, overruns, residue, overstocks, too much, profusion, floods, overloads, plenty, deluges, abundance, nimiety, satiety, exuberance, overdoses, avalanches, overindulgence, extras, too much of a good thing, plenitude, embarrassment, embarrassments of riches, remains, remnants, spares, extravagance, expendability, dead wood, repetition, superfluousness, inundation, slews … more
surpluses
  1. plural of surplus
  2. Synonyms:
      3. excess, surfeit, superfluities, superabundance, overabundances, oversupplies, plethoras, overflows, redundancy, pluses, overkill, overpluses, bellyfuls, fat, gluts, surplusages, overages, profusion, remainders, balance, overruns, overstocks, residue, extras, spares, remnants, remains, too much, floods, abundance, plenty, overloads, nimiety, deluges, plenitude, exuberance, overdoses, avalanches, embarrassment, extravagance, slews, mountains, myriads, exorbitance, too much of a good thing, wealth, excessivenesses, cornucopia, inundation, fulsomeness … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “In the enterprise of the future, soft skills are like budgets surpluses are preferred over deficits.”
      “The EU pays 2.7 billion euros a year to farmers to grow sugar beet, and then offloads the resulting surpluses on the world market.”
      “Grass surpluses have developed on grazing ground on many farms at present following recent good growth.”
surplusses
  1. plural of surplus
  2. Synonyms:
      3. excesses, surfeits, superfluities, superabundances, overabundances, oversupplies, plethoras, overflows, redundancies, plusses, overkill, overplusses, belliesful, fats, gluts, surplusages, overages, profusions, remainders, balances, overruns, overstocks, residues, extras, spares, leftovers, remnants, remains, too much, floods, overloads, abundances, nimieties, deluges, avalanches, plenties, overdoses, embarrassments, plenitudes, exuberances, fulsomeness, too much of a good thing, extravagances, exorbitances, saturations, satieties, mountains, slews, excessivenesses, overindulgences … more
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