surplus store

collocation in English

meaningsofsurplusandstore

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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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store
noun[C]
uk
/stɔːr/us
/stɔːr/
UK
a large shop where you can buy many different types ...
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(Definition ofsurplusandstorefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsurplus store

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The flag poles were made of lightweight dowel wood purchased at a local lumber yard with flag holders purchased from a local army-navysurplusstore.
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It hosted leather tooling shops, a community theater, a fresh seafood store, a health food shops, a tea room, militarysurplusstore, and more.
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It moved to its current location when thesurplusstorewent out of business in 1994.
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He first thought of using weather balloons to fly at age 13 and 14, after seeing them hanging from the ceiling of a militarysurplusstore.
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Simpson's uncle owned a militarysurplusstore, and suggested that he use a cross-form parachute to slow down the drag car.
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He later explained that when he spied a black flight jacket in the window of a warsurplusstore, he was delighted with the wonderful assortment of pockets.
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Foster stops at a militarysurplusstoreto buy a new pair of shoes.
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The great bulk of surplus stores are now sold by public auction.
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We shall declare surplus stores which were occupying 6,000,000 square feet of space.
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Surely the relevant figure, which we have not been given, is how much these surplus stores are going to yield.
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No preference is given in the disposal of surplus stores.
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At present, we are gaining a great amount from the sale of war surplus stores.
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I would give the disposal of surplus stores to a small body of, say, three business men of first rank.
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Stores and surplus stores are always a matter of very great interest.
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In 1945 the factory was mainly engaged on filling projectiles and the recovery of material from breaking down surplus stores.
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I am dealing, at the moment, with surplus stores which are unsaleable, or very largely so.
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Could they not have been sold to the troops without becoming surplus stores?
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The decision to render them surplus stores was taken in 1955.
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For instance, receipts from the sale of surplus stores are estimated at £8,300,000 as against £13 million last year.
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