{
    "term": "surplus",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an amount that is extra or more than you need",
            "sensetop": "in surplus",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "food surpluses"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Wheat was in surplus that year.",
                    "contextForm": "in surplus"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a large grain surplus"
                },
                {
                    "text": "After meeting domestic needs any surplus will be exported."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Agricultural surpluses lead to the disposal of thousands of tonnes of food every year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This surplus of food led to an unusual increase in the bird population."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "huge", "large"],
                "verb + surplus": ["have", "run", "generate"],
                "surplus + noun": ["cash", "stock"],
                "preposition": ["in surplus"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the amount by which the amount of money received is greater than the amount of money spent",
            "sensetop": "in surplus",
            "labels": "(US English)(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a surplus of £400 million"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The balance of payments was in surplus last year (= the value of exports was greater than the value of imports).",
                    "contextForm": "in surplus"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Japan runs a large current-account surplus."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pension fund is in surplus."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a projected surplus of $5.6 trillion over ten years"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "huge", "large"],
                "verb + surplus": ["have", "run", "generate"],
                "surplus + noun": ["cash", "stock"],
                "preposition": ["in surplus"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɜːpləs/",
                "audio": "su/surplus/surplus__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɜːrplʌs/",
                "audio": "su/surplus/surplus__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French sourplus, from medieval Latin superplus, from super- ‘in addition’ + plus ‘more’."
}