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What is the definition of 'surplus of revenue'? My textbook's explanation of revenue doesn't cover this.

For some context, here is a question from my textbook:

In the financial year 2008-2009, Liverpool Football Club announced a rise in operating profits to £8.5 millions.

This information necessarily means the Liverpool FC's

C (answer) - surplus of revenue over costs increased in 2008-2009

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Given the context the term is not "surplus of revenue" it's "surplus of revenue over costs" or revenue - costs > 0. Secondly this question doesn't appear to be compliant with FAQ and should be closed. – Karlson Nov 15 '12 at 17:33
I wasn't sure if this was compliant, so I indicated I wouldn't be annoyed at its closure. – Jake Elsley Nov 15 '12 at 22:51

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Simply, this is the amount over which a business is willing to accept for a product.

Put another way, if the market price is £10, but you are willing to accept a price of £5, because that covers your costs and gives you reasonable margin, your surplus of revenue is £5, as long as you charge £10. In this case you might only charge £8 or £9, just so you can price under market, and still have a surplus of revenue. The ideal is to maximise surplus of revenue, as that's money that's theoretically "on the table"

For more information check out: http://www.amosweb.com/cgi-bin/awb_nav.pl?s=wpd&c=dsp&k=producer+surplus

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That makes sence - thank you MaddHacker. – Jake Elsley Nov 15 '12 at 22:48

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