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The Britannica Dictionary trade surplus 1 ENTRIES FOUND:

• trade surplus (noun)

trade surplus noun plural trade surpluses trade surplus noun plural trade surpluses Britannica Dictionary definition of TRADE SURPLUS [count] finance : a situation in which a country sells more to other countries than it buys from other countries : the amount of money by which a country's exports are greater than its imports

• The country's trade surplus increased last year.
• a trade surplus of almost $10 billion

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