Surplus
surplus (noun) - extra, more than is neededproduce a surplus
a large surplus
a small surplus
in surplus
the fund is in surplus
surplus cash
surplus stock
an export surplus
a food surplus
IBM's surplus manufacturing capacity
a projected budget deficit for 1990 might be turned into a surplus
turned a substantial negative current balance for that year into a modest surplus
a trade surplus
the countrys' trade surplus
a current account surplus
its current-account surplus widened to $126.7 billion.
lifting its 12-month surplus to $137.1 billion
surplus value
what little surplus was produced
a deficit vs. a surplus
turned a deficit into a surplus.
the company's operating surplus
a switch from a deficiti to a surplus
the Bank's estimate of the overall cash shortage or surplus in the money market
surplus premises
peasants with a minimal surplus of food
leasing out surplus airline seats
surplus helped push the world price down
better roads, schools, hospitals and the welfare of grannies can be satisfied simply by plugging into the surplus cash of the rich
tiny energy surpluses over billions of years of time
a vast energy surplus
the struggle for control of what little surplus was produced gave rise to various forms of bonded labour which created further barriers to economic development.
would save the country money in not producing surplus cereals
Surplus military aircraft.
The balance of payments has been in surplus every year but two
sharing any such surplus with its policyholders by means of a special discount
the company may therefore elect to treat the whole surplus of the scheme as a credit in the period in which it is receive
the bank sweeps any surplus into a high interest savings account
diversion of surplus income into the account
It is liberally applied and the surplus wiped off with a rag and left to dry
one scheme should not be offset against a surplus in another scheme
the surplus of women was due to the self-indulgence of the bachelor's career
surplus soil is used to lift the area behind the pool
Example sentences:
* Peasants with a minimal surplus of food could barter it for vital equipment.
* Holiday numbers are now being reduced and the Britannia Airways subsidiary is leasing out surplus seats overseas and selling two older Boeing aircraft.
* That surplus has helped push the world price down to as little as 55 ecus per tonne.
* Would-be Chancellor John Smith thinks that better roads, schools, hospitals and the welfare of grannies can be satisfied simply by plugging into the surplus cash of the rich.
* But it would save the country money in not producing surplus cereals.
* The Society is unique in sharing any such surplus with its policyholders by means of a Special Discount which benefits those motor policyholders whose premiums have substantially contributed to the surplus and therefore helps to ensure that the cost of motor insurance is shared more fairly.
* The balance of payments has been in surplus every year but two, external debt is less than 1% of official foreign reserves, and inflation has averaged only 2.2% in the past five years.
* The company may therefore elect to treat the whole surplus of the scheme as a credit in the period in which it is received, that is, in the financial year ended 31 December 1993.
* Each customer decides how much to maintain in the current account and then Balanced Banking sweeps any surplus into a high interest savings account.
* Multiply billions of tiny energy surpluses over billions of years of time and you find that you have a vast energy surplus.
* Neither side was prepared to comment on the suggestion, but given IBM's surplus manufacturing capacity, such a deal would be good sense.
* Had 11.0 per cent been achieved in 1975, it would have transformed Britain's balance of payments and turned a substantial negative current balance for that year into a modest surplus.
* It will try to do so by explaining the nature and future of the country's trade surplus.
* But if he can use labour to produce commodities greater in value than he pays the workers then he can make a profit; and it is this Marx refers to as surplus value.
* Japan's visible-trade surplus rose to $12.5 billion in March, lifting its 12-month surplus to $137.1 billion; its current-account surplus widened to $126.7 billion.
* This great outlay of capital was not of course achieved simply by the diversion of surplus income from office.
* It is liberally applied and the surplus wiped off with a rag and left to dry.
* Where a company or group has more than one pension scheme, disclose details on a combined basis, where possible, except that a deficiency of funding in one scheme should not be offset against a surplus in another scheme.
* W. R. Greg, a statistician, suggested that one reason for the surplus of women (which particularly afflicted the middle classes) was the self indulgence of the bachelor's career and Henry Fawcett, the political economist, agreed:
* This may sound difficult to achieve, but if surplus soil is used to lift the area behind the pool, or a rock garden is constructed to the rear, then the illusion is remarkably simple to contrive.
* In earlier social systems this relationship was obvious, but it is less visible under capitalism, where workers are not tied to any particular capital owner but must be employed by someone, a dependency which forces workers to accept wages which expropriate surplus value from them.
* Moreover, the struggle for control of what little surplus was produced gave rise to various forms of bonded labour which created further barriers to economic development.
* Those that have caused concern include the balance of the distribution of the surplus between employer and members, unexplained anomalies in allocation between different member categories, lack of independent advice to trustees or consultation with members, inaccurate or misleading information given to members, and the apparent failure of trustees to consider all options available to use the surplus.
* Hungary on Jan. 18, 1990, suspended all licences for exports denominated in roubles in an effort to cope with the country's growing trade surplus in relation to other member states of COMECON.
*Oman's economy benefited from oil price rises following the invasion and some reports estimated that a projected budget deficit for 1990 might be
* If the Institute had been a private company preparing for flotation at the end of 1992, then its operating surplus of over £600,000 on a turnover of above £8m would have made it a very attractive investment.
* First, the switch from deficit to surplus must not be offset by falls in private saving (which might follow from higher taxes).
* The first piece of information to be released through this channel each day is the Bank's estimate of the overall cash shortage or surplus in the money market.
* Export earnings for Scotch translate entirely into an equivalent trade surplus, whereas the other spirits, wines and beers sectors have minimal exports and, often, substantial imports.
* In the example of the paperclip business the purchaser may already have its own metal foundry and surplus premises and will not wish to acquire the long term supply contracts or factory premises.
