Surplus vs. Surfeit
Surplusnoun
That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
Surplusnoun
Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.
Surplusnoun
(legal) The remainder of a fund appropriated for a particular purpose.
Surplusnoun
(legal) assets left after liabilities and debts, including capital stock have been deducted.
Surplusadjective
Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient
Surplusverb
To treat as surplus to requirements, to sell off.
Surplusnoun
That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
Surplusnoun
Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.
Surplusadjective
Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.
Surplusnoun
a quantity much larger than is needed
Surplusadjective
more than is needed, desired, or required;
Surplusnoun
an amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply
Surplusnoun
an excess of income or assets over expenditure or liabilities in a given period, typically a financial year
Surplusnoun
the excess value of a company's assets over the face value of its stock.
Surplusadjective
more than what is needed or used; excess
Surplusadjective
denoting a shop selling excess or outdated military equipment or clothing
Surfeitnoun
(countable) An excessive amount of something.
Surfeitnoun
(uncountable) Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.
Surfeitnoun
(countable) A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence.
Surfeitnoun
Disgust caused by excess; satiety.
Surfeitverb
(transitive) To fill to excess.
Surfeitverb
(transitive) To feed someone to excess.
Surfeitverb
To overeat or feed to excess.
Surfeitverb
To sicken from overindulgence.
Surfeitnoun
Excess in eating and drinking.
Surfeitnoun
Fullness and oppression of the system, occasioned often by excessive eating and drinking.
Surfeitnoun
Disgust caused by excess; satiety.
Surfeitverb
To load the stomach with food, so that sickness or uneasiness ensues; to eat to excess.
Surfeitverb
To indulge to satiety in any gratification.
Surfeitverb
To feed so as to oppress the stomach and derange the function of the system; to overfeed, and produce satiety, sickness, or uneasiness; - often reflexive; as, to surfeit one's self with sweets.
Surfeitverb
To fill to satiety and disgust; to cloy; as, he surfeits us with compliments.
Surfeitnoun
the state of being more than full
Surfeitnoun
the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
Surfeitnoun
eating until excessively full
Surfeitverb
supply or feed to surfeit
Surfeitverb
indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
Surfeitnoun
an excessive amount of something
Surfeitnoun
an illness caused or regarded as being caused by excessive eating or drinking
Surfeitverb
cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess
Surfeitverb
consume too much of something
Surfeit
Surfeit is a human gene cluster that consists of a group of very tightly linked genes on chromosome 9 that do not share sequence similarity. Genes in this cluster are numbered 1 through 6: SURF1, SURF2, SURF3, SURF4, SURF5, and SURF6.
