surplus, earned

surplus, earned
n.
Surplus earnings and profits retained by a corporation instead of being paid to shareholders as dividends.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.

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  • surplus — sur·plus / sər ˌpləs/ n 1 a: an amount that remains when a use or need is satisfied b: an excess of receipts over disbursements c: the value of assets after subtracting liabilities 2: an excess of the net worth of a corporation over the par value …   Law dictionary

  • earned surplus — see surplus Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. earned surplus …   Law dictionary

  • surplus — That which remains of a fund appropriated for a particular purpose; the remainder of a thing; the overplus; the residue. Ordinarily, surplus means residue or excess of assets after liabilities, including capital, have been deducted. American Life …   Black's law dictionary

  • Surplus value — is a concept created by Karl Marx in his critique of political economy, where its ultimate source is unpaid surplus labor performed by the worker for the capitalist, serving as a basis for capital accumulation.The German equivalent word Mehrwert… …   Wikipedia

  • earned surplus — noun : the net accumulated balance of earnings of a corporation that remains after deducting losses, distributions to stockholders, and transfers to capital stock accounts and that includes appropriated surplus (as reserve for contingencies) as… …   Useful english dictionary

  • earned surplus — The surplus of a corporation derived from undistributed profits, not from a reduction of capital stock. Willcutts v Milton Dairy Co. 275 US 215, 72 L Ed 247 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • earned surplus. — See retained earnings. * * * …   Universalium

  • earned surplus — See: retained earnings …   Financial and business terms

  • earned surplus. — See retained earnings …   Useful english dictionary

  • capital surplus — noun : the portion of the surplus of a business arising from sources other than earnings : all surplus other than earned surplus usually including amounts received from sale or exchange of capital stock in excess of par or stated value, profits… …   Useful english dictionary

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