surplus supply
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsurplusandsupply
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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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supply
noun
uk/səˈplaɪ/us/səˈplaɪ/
an amount of something that is available ...
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(Definition ofsurplusandsupplyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsurplus supply
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The organic apple market demands less volume than the conventional, and is more easily flooded with asurplussupply, driving down prices.
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The crucial factor driving the expansion of the labour market was the high demand for labour rather thansurplussupplyoriginating from impoverishment of interior peoples.
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Is he trying to provide for asurplussupplyto keep the condensed milk factories going, because there is another factor.
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I will state the proportion in which this availablesurplussupplywill be allocated.
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The market would be held in one centre one week, and there would be asurplussupplyof fat cattle.
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They use back-pressure turbines and integrate theirsurplussupplyat time of maximum demand with the grid, and buy from the grid at other times.
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There used to be criticism, before the war, of the destruction of consumable commodities insurplussupply.
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The provision is that thesurplussupply, which may, of course, be of value, may be supplied to a joint electricity authority.
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Oil is now insurplussupplyand it is, therefore, necessary to deal with imports on an annual basis.
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But the point is that this is not a skill which is in very greatsurplussupply.
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You have asurplussupply, and it may be an advantage to a joint electricity authority to have it.
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They cannot produce sugar beet or barley or wheat, but only more livestock, and, in particular, milk and eggs, the commodities which are already insurplussupply.
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It is true that we are dealing here with what he calls thesurplussupplyof a tramway or railway company as regards their own generating station.
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But in the same district you have an authorised undertaker who would also like to obtain that advantage if his mains were well situated to obtain thesurplussupply.
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I should have thought that, just as a joint electricity authority may get asurplussupplyif it can, so the authorised undertaker ought to be in the same position.
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