Surplus
Part of speech: noun
Definition: That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus. 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. assets left after liabilities and debts, including capital stock have been deducted.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.
Example sentence: I don't think we have a surplus of fine educators in this country that we can just start dropping them for no reason whatsoever.
Spare
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: scanty; not abundant or plentiful.sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room.lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.slow
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.Parsimony; frugal use.An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.That which has not been used or expended.A spare part, especially a spare tire.The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To desist; to stop; to refrain.To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy.To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give.To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.To deprive one's self of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
Example sentence: Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.