Grammatical class

Noun

surplus

a surplus

Details

Syllables

sur-plus

Phonetics

syʁ.ply

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

4749

Freq. (movies)

15732

Freq. (news)

11244

Sentences

Nous avons un surplus.

We have a surplus.

A1

J'ai acheté un sac à dos au surplus militaire.

I bought a backpack at the army surplus store.

A2

Quel est le surplus commercial de l'Algérie ?

What's Algeria's trade surplus?

B1

La balance des paiements du Japon a affiché un énorme surplus depuis de nombreuses années.

Japan's balance of payments has been running a huge surplus for many years.

B2