<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>something that remains above what is used or needed.</li><li>an amount, quantity, etc., greater than needed.</li><li>agricultural produce or a quantity of food grown by a nation or area in excess of its needs, especially such a quantity of food purchased and stored by a governmental program of guaranteeing farmers a specific price for certain crops.</li><li>the excess of assets over liabilities accumulated throughout the existence of a business, excepting assets against which stock certificates have been issued; excess of net worth over capital-stock value.</li><li>an amount of assets in excess of what is requisite to meet liabilities.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>being a surplus; being in excess of what is required: surplus wheat.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) surplussed or surplused, surplussing or surplusing: to treat as surplus; sell off; retire: The government surplussed some of its desert lands.</li></ul>