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Meanings of surplus in English

Portuguese
abundância
Catalan
superàvit
Spanish
desmán

A quantity much larger than is needed.

        abundância
        Portuguese
        excedente económico
        Catalan
        excedent
        Spanish
        excedente

        Monetary benefit that accrues to parties to an economic transaction.

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            excedente económico

            More than is needed, desired, or required.

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                Usage of surplus in English
                1
                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
                6
                The surplus waters are lost in the rivers or in the sea.
                Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664
                7
                Therefore, any reduction in the surplus goal would be minor, they said.
                Reuters
                8
                Greece would not have to produce a big budget surplus this year.
                Reuters
                9
                Osborne told the BBC: We've taken judgments to get that budget surplus.
                The Guardian
                10
                We'll sell on surplus whole birds for use in other food products.
                Independent.ie
                11
                South Korea has been running a trade surplus with China since 1993.
                Reuters
                12
                New Zealand has recorded a trade surplus, led by record-high lamb exports.
                Radio NZ
                13
                Analysts polled by Reuters expected a 10 billion euro surplus in September.
                Reuters
                14
                New Zealand has posted a trade surplus for the month of June.
                Radio NZ
                15
                The Philippines and Alaska had drained the Pacific coast of surplus labor.
                War of the Classes
                16
                If China consumed more, imports would rise, narrowing a ballooning trade surplus.
                Reuters
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