<adj.all> 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
Surplus \Sur"plus\, a. Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.
When the price of corn falleth, men give over surplus tillage, and break no more ground. --Carew.
Surplus \Sur"plus\, n. [F., fr. sur over + plus more. See {Sur-}, and {Plus}, and cf. {Superplus}.] 1. That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
2. Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.
Now, the surplus is gone, partly because of a 1986 "whole herd buyout," in which farmers sold their entire herds to the government for slaughter and promised to stay out of the dairy business for five years.
Many observers concluded that failure to take account of the Social Security surplus as part of the government's fiscal action was a cause of the recession.
But National Power is sticking to its target of reducing dividend cover from 3.3 times to 2.5 times by 1995. Working capital is being released as surplus coal stocks are run down, so there is hardly a shortage of cash.
After seasonal adjustment, the March trade surplus was $8.40 billion, down from $8.45 billion in February.
Japan's trade surplus grew 41.7% in September from a year earlier to a record, heightening worries about friction with other nations.
In recent trade talks, the U.S. government demanded that Japan change aspects of its economy to help reduce its $49 billion trade surplus.
Those two small EC members represent $12.6 billion of our $13 billion surplus with "Europe."
Some experts believe that a surplus of carbon dioxide is causing the Earth to slowly overheat, and they warn that such a change could disrupt the global climate.
January marked the ninth consecutive month of year-to-year decline in the country's merchandise trade surplus.
For instance, a spate of new paper machines ordered in 1987 or 1988 are just coming into production, creating surplus capacity for many types of paper.
The 10-month figure also surpassed the surplus of $3.13 billion in all of 1986.
But Mr. Kobayashi also pointed to structural factors that led the surplus to shrink.
Japan's surplus with the United States fell to $2.97 billion from $4.15 billion a year earlier, it said.
The United States is running a $1.4 billion trade surplus with the European Economic Community for the year.
Much of that surplus was with the U.S.
South Korea posted a trade surplus of $572 million for November, in contrast to a year-earlier deficit of $35 million, the Trade and Industry Ministry said.
The General Accounting Office said the Food Security Act of 1985 was designed to help stabilize the farm economy, enhance U.S. agricultural exports and prevent the buildup of large surplus stocks of commodities.
The balance on investment earnings shifted into a surplus of $2.46 billion, reflecting improved earnings by Americans on their overseas investments.
The newspaper said surplus workers in the work force of 132 million are costing the state billions of dollars and are a heavy burden to enterprises.
For the current year the institute forecast a rise in the external surplus to almost 7 per cent.
After years of substantial trade deficits, Korea scored its first annual trade surplus in 1986, amounting to $3.1 billion.
The surplus had been estimated at about Pounds 90m, although under Inland Revenue rules, only about Pounds 38m would be available.
But it will probably means that after increasing this year, the surplus will not fall by much in 1992 or thereafter.
Mexico's trade surplus for the first eight months of the year slipped to $2.5 billion, well below the $6 billion surplus registered between January and August of 1987, the government-run National Statistics Institute reported Tuesday.
Mexico's trade surplus for the first eight months of the year slipped to $2.5 billion, well below the $6 billion surplus registered between January and August of 1987, the government-run National Statistics Institute reported Tuesday.
In August 1988, South Korea had a surplus of $816 million.
Moreover, economists expect even West Germany's nominal trade surplus to begin receding as the strong mark strains the competitiveness of German exporters.
Foreign trade scored a 1988 surplus of $618 million.
The lack of health care for some is "a distribution problem," he added, comparing it to the inability to get surplus food to all the hungry.
JAPAN'S current account surplus in the six months to June rose by 19.8 per cent from a year earlier to Dollars 67.5bn (Pounds 45.30bn).