Surplus

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

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

(a.) Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.

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• The surplus he holds merely as custodian, and it is passed on to the younger members of the community as necessity demands. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• The surplus water is best removed by centrifugal pumps, since sand and sticks which would clog the valves of an ordinary pump are passed along without difficulty by the rotating wheel. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The surplus part of them, therefore, must be sent abroad, and exchanged for something for which there is a demand at home. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Suitable directions will at once be given for all trains and surplus artillery to conform to this movement. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Perhaps the Modern Period with its flexibility, sense of change, and desire for self-direction is a liberation due to the great surplus of wealth. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• They abound, therefore, in the rude produce of land; and instead of importing it from other countries, they have generally a large surplus to export. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• But whether the capital which carries this surplus produce abroad be a foreign or a domestic one, is of very little importance. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The greater this surplus, the greater must likewise be the maintenance and employment of that class. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It is only by means of such exportation, that this surplus can acquired value sufficient to compensate the labour and expense of producing it. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• That part of their own surplus produce becomes of less value to them, and they have less encouragement to increase its quantity. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• This surplus rent is the price which the inhabitant of the house pays for some real or supposed advantage of the situation. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• About 96,000 hogsheads of tobacco are annually purchased in Virginia and Maryland with a part of the surplus produce of British industry. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• What is called gross profit, comprehends frequently not only this surplus, but what is retained for compensating such extraordinary losses. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Whether the merchant whose capital exports the surplus produce of any society, be a native or a foreigner, is of very little importance. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Thomas is still left with a sufficient force surplus to go to Selma under an energetic leader. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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