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1surplus — [[t]sɜ͟ː(r)pləs[/t]] ♦♦♦ surpluses 1) N VAR If there is a surplus of something, there is more than is needed. Germany suffers from a surplus of teachers. 2) ADJ: usu ADJ n, also v link ADJ to n Surplus is used to describe something that is extra… …
2surplus — ▪ I. surplus sur‧plus 1 [ˈsɜːpləs ǁ ˈsɜːr ] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] ECONOMICS an amount of something that is more than what is wanted, needed, or used: • Sugar prices fell after revised estimates of the surplus for the current crop year …
3Surplus — A situation in which assets exceed liabilities, income exceeds expenditures, exports exceed imports, or profits exceed losses. A surplus is the opposite of a deficit. When a country exports more then it imports, it is said to have a trade surplus …
4surplus — / sɜ:pləs/ noun more of something than is needed ● Profit figures are lower than planned because of surplus labour. ● Some of the machines may have to be sold off as there is surplus production capacity. ● We are proposing to put our surplus… …
5surplus — / sɜ:pləs/ noun 1. more of something than is needed 2. an amount of money remaining after all liabilities have been met ♦ to absorb a surplus to take a surplus into a larger amount ■ adjective more than is needed ● Profit figures are lower than… …
6trade surplus — trade surpluses N COUNT If a country has a trade surplus, it exports more than it imports. [BUSINESS] The country s trade surplus widened to 16.5 billion dollars …
7trade surplus — A nation s excess of exports over imports during a given time frame. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * trade surplus trade surplus ➔ surplus1 * * * trade surplus UK US noun [C, usually singular] ECONOMICS, COMMERCE, FINANCE ► a situation in… …
8trade surplus — UK US noun [countable] [singular trade surplus plural trade surpluses] economics a situation in which a country is selling more to other countries than it is buying from them Thesaurus: international trade …
9Colonial surplus — A colonial surplus is a way of measuring the effects of the relationship between colony and metropolis. A colony, in the sense of a region being ruled by a foreign overseas power, was in a different position from that of an independent country.… …
10Trade Surplus — An economic measure of a positive balance of trade, where a country s exports exceeds its imports. A trade surplus represents a net inflow of domestic currency from foreign markets, and is the opposite of a trade deficit, which would represent a… …
