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How to pronounce “surplus”
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Pronunciation guide for surplus
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of surplus with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world 13 minutes, 39 seconds
I call it cognitive surplus.
- Definition summary
- That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus; overage.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce surplus
Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world 13 minutes, 39 seconds
I call it cognitive surplus.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “surplus”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- That 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.
- (law) The remainder of a fund appropriated for a particular purpose.
- (law) assets left after liabilities and debts, including capital stock have been deducted.
- [Adjective]
- Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To treat as surplus to requirements; to sell off or dismiss from employment, etc.
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