Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 6 compound words that contain surplus. The most common are listed below. Open surplus in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- trade surplusA positive balance of trade.
- surplus valueThe part of the new value made by production that is taken by enterprises as generic gross profit.
- capital surplusA balance sheet item under shareholders' equity. Increases by the value above an original par value per share that newly issued shares are sold for.
- surplus labourLabour performed in excess of the labour necessary to produce the means of livelihood of the worker.
- agricultural surplusAn agricultural production that exceeds the needs of the society for which it is being produced, and may be exported or stored for future times.
- consumer surplusThe satisfaction that a consumer gets from the price they paid compared to what they were willing to pay over and above the current price, i.e. the difference between what they paid and what they were willing to pay.
- producer surplusThe difference between the minimum amount a producer is willing to accept for a product (based on the cost of production) and the current market price.
- surplus killingThe behaviour of a predator that kills more prey than it can immediately eat and then caches or abandons the remainder.
- surplus to requirementsNo longer needed, redundant.
- surplus budgetA budget in which estimated or actual revenues exceed planned or actual expenditures over a given period.
- surplus valuesplural of surplus value: The part of the new value made by production that is taken by enterprises as generic gross profit.
- surplus budgetsplural of surplus budget: A budget in which estimated or actual revenues exceed planned or actual expenditures over a given period.
- surplus killingsplural of surplus killing: The behaviour of a predator that kills more prey than it can immediately eat and then caches or abandons the remainder.
Compound words 6
- nonsurplusNot surplus.
- surplusageA surplus; a superabundance.
- surplusagesplural of surplusage: A surplus; a superabundance.
- surplussedsimple past and past participle of surplus
- surplussesplural of surplus: That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus; overage.
- surplussingpresent participle and gerund of surplus