surplus capacity

collocation in English

meaningsofsurplusandcapacity

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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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capacity
noun
uk
/kəˈpæs.ə.ti/us
/kəˈpæs.ə.t̬i/
the total amount that can be contained ...
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(Definition ofsurplusandcapacityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As noted above, the board of trade sought to protect industries withsurpluscapacity, unless foreign enterprises offered diversification or technology-related benefits.
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This is the prospect in a country wheresurpluscapacityalready co-exists with chronic unemployment.
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If thatsurpluscapacityis there, surely we should be using it for the people served by those hospitals.
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The minting of specimen sets can be undertaken only to the extent thatsurpluscapacityexists at the time.
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By 1975 there will besurpluscapacityof 71 million tons.
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Efforts have been made on a voluntary basis in the industry for dealing with another aspect of the problem ofsurpluscapacity.
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So far, therefore, thesurpluscapacityseems to have had little effect on prices.
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Assistance to preserve suchsurpluscapacitycould not be justified under the requirements for selective financial assistance.
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We are determined to reduce wastefulsurpluscapacityand will apply similar criteria to all proposals for the rationalisation of school places.
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More refined sugar from beet factories must lower output at the port refineries, with consequentsurpluscapacityand loss of efficiency.
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That requires asurpluscapacitywhich must be paid for out of the national system.
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They all had a greater or lesser extent ofsurpluscapacity.
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Thesurpluscapacity, it is said, is elsewhere in the group.
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If there is nosurpluscapacity, there is no incentive to find what is the actual and competitive price.
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It gives a currentsurpluscapacityof 4·5 million.
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It has literally disappeared: it has not been transformed into unutilisedsurpluscapacity—the capacity is not there any longer.
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Every electricity user is paying for thatsurpluscapacity.
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They represent a way in which a hospital can generate additional income and use upsurpluscapacity, thereby also generating income.
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I also described the grant which we propose to encourage the elimination ofsurpluscapacity, for example, four tracks where two would do.
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They have been preoccupied by the fact that they are likely to havesurpluscapacity.
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