'surplus' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'surplus' with 5 example sentences.
- surplus adjective
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: more than is needed, desired, or required
- surplus noun
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: a quantity much larger than is needed
That country has a trade surplus. It exports more than it imports.
I bought a backpack at the army surplus store.
Japan has a surplus of rice, Europe of wine.
Japan's trade surplus soared to a record high.
We have a surplus of food.