superávit
surplus
noun soo-peh-RAH-beet Rare
Origin: From Latin superavit (it exceeded), third-person perfect of superare.
Usage Note
Superávit is a loanword from Latin used in economics and public finance to denote a budget surplus — the opposite of déficit. It is one of the few nouns ending in a consonant that forms its plural in -s without an accent shift: superávits is acceptable, though many speakers treat it as invariable in plural.
Examples
"El país cerró el año con un superávit histórico."
Natural Translation
The country ended the year with a historic surplus.
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