SURPLUS

'Surplus' is the quantity of some thing that remains after activity relating to the production of that thing has been completed, or where the requirement to produce or possess the thing has been met. Anything which is redundant or no longer useful may be described as "surplus to requirements". The term also refers to:

★ budget surplus, the opposite of a budget deficit

★ in economics, economic surplus (including producer surplus and consumer surplus), and capital surplus

★ an excess of production or supply over demand (see supply and demand)

★ surplus product or surplus value in Marxian economics

★ physical surplus in the economic theory of Piero Sraffa

★ operating surplus in national accounts

★ army or war surplus, materiel produced by the arms industry which is no longer needed

★ agriculture surplus, a development stimulus according to cultural anthropology

★ ''Surplus'', a 2003 Swedish documentary film about consumerism