SURPLUS. That which is left from a fund which has been appropriated for a
particular purpose; the remainder of a thing; the overplus the residue.
(q.v.) See 18 Ves. 466.
2. The following is an example of a surplus; if a thing be put in
pledge as a security to pay one hundred dollars, and it be afterwards sold
for one hundred and fifty dollars, the fifty dollars will be the surplus.
Wolff, Inst. Sec. 697. See Overplus; Residue.