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• n  a quantity much larger than is needed
• s  more than is needed, desired, or required
  surplus cheese distributed to the needy

• In the opinion of Federal Judge William Irwin Grubb of Alabama, the Government has no right to engage in the power business except to dispose of a surplus incidental to the .
• While housewives and economists worry about shortages of foods, the Agricultural Marketing Administration maintains its favorite fictionthe surplus commodities list.
• Into Sixth Army Headquarters at San Francisco's Presidio last week trooped a platoon of dealers in Army surplus goods.

• excess
• surplusage
• nimiety
• extra
• redundant
• spare
• supererogatory
• superfluous
• supernumerary

News & Articles

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• Green Pool Cuts Sugar Surplus by 23% as Brazil Turns to Ethanol
  The global sugar surplus will be 23 percent smaller than forecast as millers in leading producer Brazil direct more cane to making ethanol at the expense of the sweetener, according to Green Pool Commodity Specialists Pty.
  June 13, 2013 - Bloomberg
• Richmond sees surplus in 2013-2014 budget
  After months of grappling with a potential shortfall, Richmond City Council members approved a budget on June 3 that projects a surplus of nearly $1 million.
  June 13, 2013 - The Voice
• Surplus for Swedish central government in May
  Swedish central government payments resulted in a surplus of SEK 22.7 billion in May. This was SEK 4.8 billion lower than the Debt Office`s forecast. The difference is largely due to the Debt Office`s ...
  June 10, 2013 - Thomson Reuters ONE via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Jim Flaherty in Edmonton Sun
  Flaherty added that the budget he presents on Jan. 27 will show "how we'll come out of deficit, so that it'll be clear to Canadians that as the economy recovers the deficit will disappear and we'll be in surplus again."
• David Cameron in Telegraph.co.uk
  He added: "Looking across the world, there is still the underlying problem of the big surplus countries like China and the big deficit countries like parts of Western Europe and America. We have to deal with those imbalances. However, part of...
• John McCain in FOXNews
  The fact is, 10 years ago, we had a budget surplus of more than $200 billion, with projected surpluses stretching out toward the horizon. Yet over the course of the past 10 years, the previous administration and previous Congresses created an... Barack Obama http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHQ0yfPaaXFGqLKymRgcres0I2nuA Atlantic Online (blog) http://www.google.com/url?q=http://politics.theatlantic.com/2010/02/selling_the_budget_its_about_restraint.php&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNELHOZj3eYonC0jhSDCK1RiTTCxDw Feb 1, 2010 96894 128504 surprise We're longtime friends. This doesn't come as a surprise:but I respect and continue to respect and admire Secretary Powell," McCain told Fox News Sunday and touted his own national security endorsements.