| query | If there is a s______ of something, there is more than is needed .If there is a surplus of something, there is more than is needed . Germany suffers from a surplus of teachers. |
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| word | surplus |
| full-definition | noun If there is a surplus of something, there is more than is needed . Germany suffers from a surplus of teachers. If a country has a trade surplus, it exports more than it imports . Japan's annual trade surplus is in the region of 100 billion dollars. If a government has a budget surplus, it has spent less than it received in taxes . The Government also runs a modest budget surplus. adjective Surplus is used to describe something that is extra or that is more than is needed. Few people have large sums of surplus cash. I sell my surplus birds to a local pet shop. The houses are being sold because they are surplus to requirements. |
| inflections | surpluses |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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