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surplus ['sɜ:pləs]1 noun(a) (overabundance) surplus m, excédent m;∎ a labour surplus un surplus de main-d'œuvre;∎ Japan's trade surplus l'excédent m commercial du Japon(b) (UNCOUNT) (old military clothes) surplus mpl;∎ an army surplus overcoat un manteau des surplus de l'armée;∎ an army surplus store un magasin de surplus de l'armée∎ pour off any surplus liquid enlevez tout excédent de liquide;∎ to be surplus to requirements excéder les besoins∎ they export their surplus agricultural produce ils exportent leurs surplus agricolesCommerce surplus stock stocks mpl excédentaires, surplus m
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