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Meanings of economic surplus in English

Spanish
exceso de oferta
Catalan
excés d'oferta

Situation in which the quantity of a good or service supplied is more than the quantity demanded.

      exceso de oferta
      Portuguese
      excedente económico
      Catalan
      excedent
      Spanish
      excedente

      Monetary benefit that accrues to parties to an economic transaction.

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            Usage of economic surplus in English
            1
            Village life, with its limited area and still more limited resources, has little economic surplus upon which parasitism can feed.
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