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surplus

sostantivoaggettivoverboattestato nei dialoghi

  • Regno Unito//ˈsɜːpləs//
  • Stati Uniti//ˈsɝˌplʌs//
  • Stati Uniti//ˈsɝpləs//

That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus; overage.

sostantivo

  1. 1

    That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus; overage.

  2. 2

    Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.

  3. 3

    The remainder of a fund appropriated for a particular purpose.

  4. 4

    assets left after liabilities and debts, including capital stock have been deducted.

Etimologia

From Middle English surplus, from Middle French surplus. Compare French surplus.

aggettivo

  1. 1

    Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient.

    surplus population

    surplus words

    The latest shipment of goods is surplus to our needs.

    But to return to where we left her, I see her still, propped up in a kind of stupor against one of the walls in which this wretched edifice abounds, her long grey greasy hair framing in its cowl of scrofulous mats a face where pallor, languor, hunger, acne, recent dirt, immemorial chagrin and surplus hair seemed to dispute the mastery.

verbo

  1. 1

    To treat as surplus to requirements; to sell off or dismiss from employment, etc.

    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 […]

Forme

plurale
surpluses, surplusses
passato
surplused, surplussed
participio passato
surplused, surplussed
participio presente
surplusing, surplussing
3ª persona singolare
surpluses, surplusses
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