annual surplus

collocation in English

meaningsofannualandsurplus

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annual
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈæn.ju.əl/us
/ˈæn.ju.əl/
happening once ...
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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 ofannualandsurplusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I do not mean that it should be reduced so as to extinguish absolutely theannualsurplus.
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The first is the fact that they have to pay income tax on theirannualsurplus.
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If, indeed, there be no world slump, they will very soon be in a position to spend the whole of eachannualsurplus.
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He referred to theannualsurplusof £140 million and the cost of his suggested concessions amounting to £39 million.
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There has been anannualsurplusof more than £30,000, and an accumulated surplus of rather more than £100,000 at the present date.
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The implication was that theannualsurpluscould not be spent with safety.
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In 1985, the current account of the balance of payments is provisionally estimated to have been in surplus by £3·5 billion—the sixth successiveannualsurplus.
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They have produced anannualsurplusfor 180 years, during which time our visible transactions have nearly always been in deficit.
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The balance is getting on for £15 billion, and theannualsurplusis in excess of £1 billion.
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That changed to anannualsurplusof just over £1 million in 1952.
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There will be anannualsurplus, but this £450,000 is a surplus which has accumulated over a number of years.
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The package would cost half theannualsurplus—about £0.5 billion.
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We do not need anannualsurplusas much as was earned in the first half of 1958.
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Surely he will not rule out the existence of anannualsurplusafter the first year?
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If, however, they provide for repayment over a longer period, say, 60 years, there will be anannualsurplusof something like£1,000,000.
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Then there is the commercial sealer, who wants a large population of seals with a largeannualsurpluswhich he can cull for his own profit.
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The currentannualsurplusvaries very much according to the weather because sugar is a sun-dependent and water-dependent commodity and therefore it is often a failure.
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How can it be good to put our dairy farmers, who are not contributing to theannualsurplus, out of business and automatically reduce their incomes?
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Will there be anannualsurplus?
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