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  • noun Plural form of surplus.

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Examples

  • However, lawmakers have tapped into them for years, taking out what they describe as surpluses to bolster the state's checkbook account.

    The State Journal-Register Home RSS 2008

  • However, lawmakers have tapped into them for years, taking out what they describe as surpluses to bolster the state's checkbook account.

    The State Journal-Register Home RSS 2008

  • However, lawmakers have tapped into them for years, taking out what they describe as surpluses to bolster the state's checkbook account.

    The State Journal-Register Home RSS 2008

  • His advice to the other G-20 countries, those "with persistent surpluses," is that they "should undertake structural, fiscal, and exchange rate policies to boost domestic sources of growth and support global demand."

    Geithner's Global Central Planning John H. Cochrane 2010

  • The other myth about the Clinton surpluses is that we had an “on-budget” surplus exactly two years, 1999 and 2000.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » This Argument Works for a Libertarian… 2009

  • Firstly, the Conservatives deny there is going to be cuts to rates, although they have noticed that the massive surpluses from the program have flowed into general revenues and bloated the government coffers.

    2008 February « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

  • This hiring freeze in the face of huge budget surpluses is truly hurting some of the least among us, those with small voices and little power of advocacy.

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • Firstly, the Conservatives deny there is going to be cuts to rates, although they have noticed that the massive surpluses from the program have flowed into general revenues and bloated the government coffers.

    The Employment Insurance Question « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

  • Firstly, the Conservatives deny there is going to be cuts to rates, although they have noticed that the massive surpluses from the program have flowed into general revenues and bloated the government coffers.

    2008 February 28 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

  • A 40% increase in spending, after inheriting nice budget surpluses is indicative of a poor manager.

    Chamber for Brown David 2007

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