See Also: SURPLUS(law)
Surplus(money)
surplus(dictionary)
Surplus(finance)
Budget surplus(finance)
Capital surplus(finance)
Economic surplus(finance)
Regulatory surplus(finance)
Restricted surplus(finance)
Statutory surplus(finance)

surplus 1, noun (oh) and jes (iou)


surplus 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Medieval Latin superplus, from Latin plus 'more']
an amount of something that is more than what is needed or used
-synonym excess excess
::Any surplus can be trimmed away.
surplus of
::a surplus of crude oil
the amount of money that a country or company has left after it has paid for all the things it needs
::a huge budget surplus of over ¡ê16 billion
-see also trade surplus

jes (iou)



jes adverb. colloq. & dial. (chiefly US, esp. Black English). Also jes'. M19.
[Repr. a pronunc. Cf. JEST adverb.]
= JUST adverb.