spare capacity
noun[U]
PRODUCTIONukustheabilityof afactory,company, orindustrytoproducemore of aproductthan is now beingproduced:
Theinstitutesaid that asrisingdemandabsorbedsparecapacity,competitivepressuresonsupplierseased.
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The number of buses have increased dramatically as new work places have opened, although there is nosparecapacityon the buses.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Given the small market and relative high number of breweries, many breweries havesparecapacity.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The airport currently handles 20.8 million passengers annually (2013) andsparecapacityexists for up to 50 million passengers annually.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If the viral genome results insparecapacity, viral packaging mechanisms may incorporate bacterial genetic material into the new virion.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is said that until now, the growth in wind power piggybacked on existing lines, but has now almost depletedsparecapacity.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Shipbuilders withsparecapacitywere in short supply at the time, but other non-shipbuilding industry was available.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Little freight runs on the line as demand is low and there is littlesparecapacityfor it anyway.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In support of its application, the airline stressed that anysparecapacitywould be filled with its tour operator affiliates' customers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Onlysparecapacitywas allowed for commercial use, which affected the industry on the whole.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Approaches include basing a strategy on innovative services explicitly designed to use onlysparecapacity and borrowing proven methods from the airline industry.
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