surplus

01. A [surplus] in the amount of wheat grown this year has caused the price to go down.

02. He doesn't have a gram of [surplus] fat on his body.

03. Unemployment in this country is due to a [surplus] in labor, not because people are too lazy to work.

04. The U.S. is growing increasingly concerned about Japan's growing trade [surplus].

05. The store is going to have a big sale to get rid of some of its [surplus] stock.

06. The [surplus] electricity produced by the hydro-electric project will be sold to the northern U.S. states.

07. The farmers sent their [surplus] wheat to help with the famine in North Korea.

08. Andrew Carnegie once observed that [surplus] wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

09. John ran a store for a number of years selling [surplus] army goods, including clothing, knives, and all sorts of stuff.

10. The first cities were built on land which was rich enough to allow people with simple technology to grow a [surplus] of food in a relatively concentrated area.

11. Many of those who migrate to urban areas are people with low skill levels, who are [surplus] labor in rural areas.

12. The government has pledged to put [surplus] revenues from the tax into a fund to use in times of economic recession.

13. Japan has a larger trade [surplus] with the United States than any other country.

14. Romania does not export any of its oil because it has no [surplus].

15. The Algerian government's tight fiscal policy has lead to a large increase in the country's trade [surplus].

16. Norway has been saving its oil-boosted budget [surpluses] for the time when the country's oil and gas reserves run out.