Also means
excess
Usage Note
Excedente functions both as an adjective ('surplus/excess') and as a noun ('a surplus'). In labour contexts, trabajadores excedentes are surplus workers made redundant; in economics, excedente de producción is overproduction. When used as a noun it is masculine: el excedente.
Examples
"El país exportó el excedente de trigo."
Natural Translation
The country exported the wheat surplus.
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