Used in a Sentence

surplus

How to use surplus in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for surplus.

Editorial note

You can't match them in pairs, reds are always going to remain in surplus.

Examples19
Definitions2
Parts of speech2

Quick take

a quantity much larger than is needed

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of surplus gathered in one view.

noun

a quantity much larger than is needed

adjective

more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for surplus.

adjective

more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"

Example sentences

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You can't match them in pairs, reds are always going to remain in surplus.

2

Calorie surplus makes you gain weight, and unless you're building muscle it's going to be fat.

3

Cut out the bush tax cuts, end the wars, stabilize health care spending, and you could create a surplus in no time.

4

[The worker] needs a job, but their labor is surplus and unnecessary.

5

Eventually you should have a large surplus that you can spend on advancing in their direction.

6

A cash surplus can really muck up the natural evolution of a product.

7

It's pretty trivial to consume a caloric surplus eating lots of fatty foods.

8

As I see it, it comes down to this:Uber says there is a surplus, people driving cars with empty seats, and they attempt to capture that surplus.

9

If you want honey and are concerned about the bees, buy from a beekeeper using Warr topbar hives, doing a surplus harvest.

10

It's still a competitor, a competitor that seeks surplus revenues.

11

Editorial aside: or maybe tech companies are just better at squeezing surplus value out of systems.

12

There was a budget surplus at the end of the Clinton presidency and this is what people usually mean when they claim a government was/is "paying off the debt".

13

Whereas if core science and tech is seen as a kind of "military surplus", free or cheap for the taking, then the VC private sector gets to keep the profits from commercialization.

14

The main problem with capitalism is that someone other than the people doing the work get to decide how the work is done and how to spend the surplus of value that work generates.

15

It seems as if real estate has mutated into this hungry sponge that sucks up all surplus economic vitality from any region that experiences success.

16

Numerous economists have made the point that a large trade surplus can be a sign of economic weakness: perpetual insufficient demand at home in the domestic market.

17

As a direct result, social programs for the countrys unemployed were radically eroded and have never recovered, despite many subsequent surplus budgets.

18

It's the threat of such a lawsuit in the future that can negatively impact investment in a startup, as the right collection of patents could conceivably capture much of the economic surplus of a new venture.

19

The world has an unbelievable, enormous, tedious, completely indefensible surplus of self-promotion and marketing.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use surplus in a sentence?

You can't match them in pairs, reds are always going to remain in surplus.

What does surplus mean?

a quantity much larger than is needed

What part of speech is surplus?

surplus is commonly used as noun, adjective.