surpluses
More than needed
Surpluses are amounts left over after needs are met—excess beyond what's required.
A budget surplus means revenue exceeded spending.
Agricultural surpluses occur when production outpaces demand: The government bought up grain surpluses to stabilize prices.
The word often appears in economic contexts: trade surpluses, labor surpluses, surplus goods sold at discount.
Excess beyond demand
- overabundanceExcessive quantity beyond need
- glutExcessive surplus
- overstockSurplus goods beyond demand
- overageAmount beyond expected
superfluity · surfeit · redundancy · overproduction · overrun · saturation · plethora · spillover
Abundance of money
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
- plentySufficient quantity, and then some
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
fortune · assets · capital · savings · endowment · funds · holdings · opulence
Gathering mature crops
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- bumper cropUnusually large harvest
- overproductionExcessive manufacture beyond need
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
Supply kept back
- hoardHidden accumulated valuables
- cacheConcealed storage spot
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
storehouse · granary · depot · stockroom · repository · silo · stores · provisions
Food saved after meals
- remnantWhat stays after most goes
- residueMatter left behind
- remainsContinues in place
- leavingsWhat's abandoned behind
unused · spare · surplusage · remainder · residual · carryover · holdover · oddments
Bank account for regular transactions
oversupply
Excess beyond demand
- overabundanceExcessive quantity beyond need
- glutExcessive surplus
- overstockSurplus goods beyond demand
overage · superfluity · surfeit · redundancy · overproduction · overrun · saturation · plethora · spillover · overflow
affluence
Abundance of money
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
- plentySufficient quantity, and then some
riches · fortune · assets · capital · savings · endowment · funds · holdings · opulence · largess
harvest
Gathering mature crops
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- bumper cropUnusually large harvest
- overproductionExcessive manufacture beyond need
reserve
Supply kept back
warehouse · storehouse · granary · depot · stockroom · repository · silo · stores · provisions · buffer
leftover
Food saved after meals
leavings · unused · spare · surplusage · remainder · residual · carryover · holdover · oddments · extra
current account
Bank account for regular transactions
- budgetingbudget, budgets, budget app, budget template, budget allocation
- municipal budgetscity budget, general fund, fiscal year, expenditures, revenues
- public financepublic debt, budget deficit, tax revenue, budgets, expenditure
- fiscal policybudget deficit, deficit spending, national budget, budget deficits, federal budget
- royal treasuryexchequer, treasure room, gold reserves, strongbox, bullion
- financebank, CFO, banks, controller, finance
surplusesdeficits
Amounts lacking or owed
shortfalls · deficiencies · shortages · arrears · debts
- army surplusLeftover government equipment
- military surplusExcess armed forces goods
- budget surplusRevenue exceeding outlays
- surplus storesOutlets for excess goods
- surplus foodSupply beyond requirements
- surplus goodsUnsold remaining merchandise