(~s, ~ting, ~ted)
1.
If there is a ~ of something, there is so much of it that it cannot all be sold or used.
There’s a ~ of agricultural products in Western Europe.
...a world oil ~.
= surplus
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu with supp
2.
If a market is ~ted with something, there is a ~ of that thing. (BUSINESS)
The region is ~ted with hospitals...
Soldiers returning from the war had ~ted the job market.
VERB: be V-ed with n, V n