surplus
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈsɜrpləs/
:
superávit (económico)
- The charity was grateful for the surplus of donations it received this year.
- a trade surplus
- a budget surplus
- a current account surplus
Some of them make a surplus, but not many do.
- Some of them make a surplus, but not many do.
- Employees produce a surplus, which the employer gets.
- There's going to be no surplus here, Amit.
- So the entire difference is her surplus, OK.
- They, they generate A surplus for other nearby countries.
- This is about a surplus of issues and how does this work?
- Folks, should we have a surplus and then be going into debt?
- You produce a surplus, and power controls that surplus.
- There's always a a more, there's always a surplus there that doesn't get explored.
- We had a fiscal surplus through Clinton.
- No public company ever in Greece left the surplus after a successful operation.
- One of Rich Dad's most important lesson was you have to make a surplus an expense.
- And then as we became agricultural, as society developed, there was more surplus being produced.
- So we now have a state which is based upon people generating a surplus in agriculture.
Examples
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We have a $3 billion surplus.
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If only we had some surplus to offer.
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Some of them make a surplus, but not many do.
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We have to give out of our surplus, as as they say.
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Do we get the surplus with healthy things as well?
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Employees produce a surplus, which the employer gets.
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By contrast, the pressure on surplus countries to expand credit was not as strong.
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The federal budget has gone from a surplus to massive annual deficits.
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We sent our surplus and our stockpile to support Ukraine.
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He had a big conference on the corn surplus.
Synonyms
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3.3
An amount more than needed or allowed
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5.9
An extra amount made beyond what is needed
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5.7
Too much of something that is not needed
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6.8
An amount of money or goods that is more than expected
Extra things or words that are not needed
An amount that is more than needed
An amount that is more than is needed, often extra food or goods
A situation with extra parts or ideas that are not needed
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.5
A country sells more goods to other countries than it buys from them
How Excessive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Surplus comes from Old French parts sur- meaning 'over' and plus meaning 'more', like the English word plus. So a surplus is an amount 'over' what you need — an extra that can be used, sold, or given away.