LekhoriLekhoriThat which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus; overage.
Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.
The remainder of a fund appropriated for a particular purpose.
To treat as surplus to requirements; to sell off or dismiss from employment, etc.
This employee was engaged to direct asphalt plants and inasmuch as the work for which he had been employed was completed, he was surplused and his return travel was approved […]
From Middle English surplus, from Middle French surplus. Compare French surplus.
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