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Meanings of consumer and producer surplus in English

Portuguese
excedente económico
Catalan
excedent
Spanish
excedente

Monetary benefit that accrues to parties to an economic transaction.

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      Examples for "surplus"
      Examples for "surplus"
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      The surplus of supply in Europe forced sellers to fight for buyers.
      Reuters
      2
      China accounts for 200 million tonnes of the surplus capacity, he said.
      Reuters
      3
      The surplus is a 36 per cent increase on the previous year.
      The Irish Times
      4
      The fact is, however, that we simply have been surplus to requirement.
      The Irish Times
      5
      Any surplus from speed awareness courses goes right back into road safety.
      BBC
      1
      Village life, with its limited area and still more limited resources, has little economic surplus upon which parasitism can feed.
      Civilization and Beyond: Learning from History
      1
      A 119 billion pound limit on total welfare spending also has a political edge.
      Reuters
      2
      Chancellor George Osborne has said a new cap on total welfare spending will be introduced from next year.
      BBC
      3
      Millions of public sector workers will lose automatic annual pay increases and there will be a cap on total welfare spending.
      BBC
      4
      He also announced a cap on total welfare spending and axed winter fuel payments for expatriate pensioners in hot countries from 2015.
      BBC
      5
      This will be supplemented by an additional £47 million from the European Social Fund, bringing the total welfare-to-workpackage to £416 million.
      The Irish Times
      1
      Such a one might base his conclusions on Germany's total surplus of annual productivity as distinct from her export surplus.
      The Economic Consequences of the Peace
      2
      Overall, the total surplus at June 2014 was € 194 million, which is similar to June 2013.
      The Irish Times
      3
      The total surplus from federal, state and local governments and its social security system was 18 billion euros in 2014.
      Reuters
      4
      ISMA put the total surplus at about 2.5 million tonnes and said the incentive should apply to another 1.0-1.5 million tonnes.
      Reuters
      5
      In 2010, China ran a $181 billion bilateral surplus with the United States, and a total surplus of $183 billion.
      Reuters
      Translations for consumer and producer surplus
      Catalan
      excedent
      Spanish
      excedente