limit vs surplus

limit

noun
  • Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit. 

  • A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go. 

  • The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely. 

  • A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic. 

  • Fixed limit. 

  • The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge. 

  • The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race. 

  • A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc. 

  • A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge). 

verb
  • To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries. 

  • To have a limit in a particular set. 

adj
  • Being a fixed limit game. 

surplus

noun
  • 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. 

verb
  • To treat as surplus to requirements; to sell off or dismiss from employment, etc. 

adj
  • Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient. 

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