huge surplus

collocation in English

meaningsofhugeandsurplus

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huge
adjective
uk
/hjuːdʒ/us
/hjuːdʒ/
extremely large in size ...
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surplus
noun[C or U]
adjective
uk
/ˈsɜː.pləs/us
/ˈsɝː.pləs/
(an amount that is) more than ...
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(Definition ofhugeandsurplusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Why not do something really practical about thehugesurplusin the world?
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Why not offer to pay in sterling when there is ahugesurpluswhich is unsaleable because there are no dollar buyers?
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One, which was certainly operating last year, is the effect of thehugesurpluson our balance of payments.
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But this year, owing to thehugesurplus, their efforts at limiting the quantity has been absolutely useless and futile.
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As a result, our current account surplus was made up of ahugesurpluson invisibles, largely because of the shipping industry.
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He tried to find ways in which to resettle thehugesurpluspopulation.
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Thehugesurplusof tankers looks as if it may be coming to an end.
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But to cut down demand still further, when there is ahugesurplusof real capacity, is a self-defeating absurdity.
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Many northern conurbations have ahugesurplusof property; there are not thousands of people desperate for homes.
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It says that there is ahugesurplusof demand for secure accommodation by local authorities over supply.
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It is aggravated by thehugesurplusof ships that are laid up, and that are overhanging the market.
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There is still ahugesurplusof milk.
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It is partly due to thishugesurplusof sugar, which is constantly being offered at any price whatsoever.
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In this country, under machine production, we can produce abundantly and there is ahugesurplusfor which we need a foreign market.
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My point is that he is providing £1,750,000 this year to subsidise milk for manufacture because there is ahugesurplus.
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Of necessity, thehugesurpluson the current account led to an equal and opposite outflow on the capital account.
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They tell us that they have thishugesurplusbuilding up.
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One of the reasons for the take-up of thehugesurplusof tankers is that there are more tankers at sea than ever before.
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The national insurance fund has ahugesurplusof billions of pounds, yet some pensioners are in serious need.
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The taxpayers are being called upon to financehugesurplusstocks of coal.
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