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{
"term": "surplus",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "an amount that is extra or more than you need",
"sensetop": "in surplus",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "food surpluses"
},
{
"text": "Wheat was in surplus that year.",
"contextForm": "in surplus"
},
{
"text": "a large grain surplus"
},
{
"text": "After meeting domestic needs any surplus will be exported."
},
{
"text": "Agricultural surpluses lead to the disposal of thousands of tonnes of food every year."
},
{
"text": "This surplus of food led to an unusual increase in the bird population."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "huge", "large"],
"verb + surplus": ["have", "run", "generate"],
"surplus + noun": ["cash", "stock"],
"preposition": ["in surplus"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the amount by which the amount of money received is greater than the amount of money spent",
"sensetop": "in surplus",
"labels": "(US English)(British English)(North American English)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a surplus of £400 million"
},
{
"text": "The balance of payments was in surplus last year (= the value of exports was greater than the value of imports).",
"contextForm": "in surplus"
},
{
"text": "Japan runs a large current-account surplus."
},
{
"text": "The pension fund is in surplus."
},
{
"text": "a projected surplus of $5.6 trillion over ten years"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "huge", "large"],
"verb + surplus": ["have", "run", "generate"],
"surplus + noun": ["cash", "stock"],
"preposition": ["in surplus"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɜːpləs/",
"audio": "su/surplus/surplus__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɜːrplʌs/",
"audio": "su/surplus/surplus__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French sourplus, from medieval Latin superplus, from super- ‘in addition’ + plus ‘more’."
}