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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
excess
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
excess baggage (=baggage that weighs more than you are allowed to take on a plane)
▪ Passengers will be charged for excess baggage.
excess weight (=the pounds that make you heavier than you should be)
▪ You'll feel better if you lose the excess weight.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
carry sth too far/to extremes/to excess
▪ It was funny at first, but you've carried the joke too far.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The '80s were a period of excess for many American businesses.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Altogether, the totals are greatly in excess of available funds.
▪ At the same time, the excess is not merely eliminated.
▪ His thirty-minute ramble was greatly appreciated by all present, as it enabled many to sleep off their pre-meal excess of Nettles.
▪ If you must drink, do so to excess.
▪ The AFL-CIO also has spent in excess of $ 10 million to organize its election-year drive.
▪ The growth of a population results from the excess of births over deaths as well as the movement of people between regions or countries.
▪ They loll about in gorgeousness; they live for art; they believe in excess.
▪ This excess of price over both marginal revenue and marginal cost is a convenient measure of the firm's monopoly power.
II.adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
alcohol
▪ William McCabe, who's sixty-three, is charged with driving with excess alcohol.
▪ Todd yesterday admitted driving with excess alcohol and failing to stop and report an accident.
▪ Despite indiscretions induced by excess alcohol, relations between Stewart and Glenure had not broken down irretrievably.
▪ At an earlier hearing, he'd pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol in his blood.
▪ He admitted driving with excess alcohol but said he shouldn't be banned.
▪ He's charged with causing death by dangerous driving, failing to stop and report an accident and driving with excess alcohol.
▪ The most frequent effect of excess alcohol intake on serum lipids is elevation of triglyceride levels.
baggage
▪ With hips at 44.5 inches and thighs at 25 inches, it was no wonder Rudolph had been complaining about excess baggage.
▪ When you had those you could drop, junk and forget the rest, which were only a burden or excess baggage.
▪ And psychically speaking, I can't help feeling they carry a little too much excess baggage.
capacity
▪ The crash also pushed down the output-capital ratio, by an average of one tenth, as excess capacity mounted.
▪ They have, in effect, invested in excess capacity, though whether this was deliberate or accidental is harder to judge.
▪ According to company secretary Lawrence Bland, the aim was to get rid of excess capacity.
▪ First, the assumption that there is no excess capacity is particularly suspect.
▪ Such a large amount of excess capacity must severely impair the effective functioning of the accelerator.
▪ And higher education has enjoyed excess capacity.
▪ With excess capacity and falling profits, firms are likely to cut their investment plans this year.
▪ Shearson yesterday blamed the continued slowdown in market activity and excess capacity for the redundancies.
cash
▪ All ludicrous examples of local councils wantonly spending excess cash are gratefully received.
▪ Banks are generating record profits and using excess cash to buy out competitors and repurchase their own shares.
▪ Firms raised more external finance than they needed, using the surplus to repay bank debts and build up excess cash.
▪ Stock Repurchases Companies sometimes repurchase their own stock with excess cash rather than pay a dividend.
▪ The next figure of interest, the excess cash sum, is misleading, to say the least.
demand
▪ Similarly, at interest rates below Oi l, the excess demand for money exerts upward pressure on interest rates.
▪ In short, there is a I 5, 000-bushel shortage of or excess demand for, corn.
▪ If the price level should rise, the real wage would fall, creating an excess demand for labour.
▪ The excess demand is illustrated in Figure 16.2.
▪ Another consequence of the artificially stimulated excess demand for food was the creation of black markets.
▪ It must be stressed that this equilibrium involves no excess demand or supply of any investment asset.
▪ If the ith labour market initially experiences excess demand money wages will rise at a rate.
▪ Faced with this excess demand, the authorities had to ration credit.
fat
▪ The fried bread surrounding the bacon in the hot plate was simply to create effect and mop up the excess fat.
▪ Spoon out excess fat from the roasting pan, and put the pan on top of the stove.
▪ Trim any excess fat from the lamb, leaving the skin untouched, and rub the joint with salt and pepper.
▪ Wipe off all excess fat and slice thinly to serve.
▪ Trim spare ribs of any excess fat, then place in a large roasting tin.
▪ Skim off excess fat from pan, and add shallots, juniper berries, and bay leaves.
▪ Fry the pork in the pan until well browned, then drain off any excess fat.
▪ Spoon off and discard excess fat.
heat
▪ The semiconductor devices are all fairly sensitive to excess heat, so don't fry them during soldering!
▪ Much as perspiration cools our own bodies, the sweat of the earth is whisking away the excess heat from its interior.
▪ Mounted round this fairing were the eight radiators used to vent the excess heat produced by the fuel cells into space.
▪ It would offer protection from excess heat as well as from nasty chemicals.
▪ This impairs the circulation which then means that the body can not lose excess heat.
▪ This controls the proximity of any adjacent parts which might be affected by excess heat. 6.
▪ Fuel consumption rises proportionately and excess heat is likely to be generated.
▪ The horse therefore must have a mechanism to remove this excess heat build-up to prevent his body temperature increasing with fatal results.
marinade
▪ Cook the lamb Drain off the excess marinade and reserve, then pat the lamb steaks dry with kitchen paper.
▪ Wipe excess marinade off quail and grill quail, skin side down, over hot coals for 4 to 5 minutes.
▪ Wipe off excess marinade before cooking.
profit
▪ Davies criticised the DoT severely for failing to claw back excess profits on any subsequent sale.
supply
▪ Similarly, if the price level should fall, the real wage would rise, creating an excess supply of labour.
▪ Traders said intensifying worries about falling prices and excess supply have sent investors scurrying from the semiconductor sector.
▪ Initially we assume that there is excess supply in both markets.
▪ The result in this case is a 10, 000-bushel surplus or excess supply of corn in the market.
▪ On the other hand, if the initial state is one of excess supply money-wages will fall at a rate.
▪ However, a surplus or excess supply still exists and competition among sellers will once again bid down the price of corn.
▪ In particular, the real wage will adjust spontaneously soas to prevent the emergence of excess supply in the labour market.
▪ The excess supply of money in the domestic money market will push down the rate of interest.
water
▪ They provide an effective way of eliminating excess water and salt, and are very safe when properly used.
▪ Use a sponge to clean up the excess water.
▪ The excess water is transferred to areas well away from the square by large-gauge hoses.
▪ Drain off excess water and mix in the seasoning, nutmeg and yoghurt.
▪ Drain the excess water in a cloth but do not re-wash.
▪ This gives a moisture retentive medium, but allows excess water to drain from the roots.
▪ Torrents of water pour into the Ouse River System, sluice gates open and excess water floods the meadows.
▪ Blot wet hair with a towel to remove excess water before applying an intensive conditioner.
weight
▪ Mission designers are very thorough in eliminating any excess weight from the spacecraft.
▪ The excess weight made him look as if he had one normal-sized face superimposed on a much larger one.
▪ You will already be feeling fitter, healthier, and be starting to shed the first few pounds of excess weight.
▪ I was also concerned at the tendency of some to downplay the effects of excess weight on health.
▪ Losing excess weight entails cutting down on the things you enjoy.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Excess vitamin D can cause kidney damage in young children.
▪ Cut any excess fat from the meat before cooking.
▪ Cut off the excess fat from the meat before cooking.
▪ The excess pounds had given him a double chin and a neck that made his shirt collar look too tight.
▪ The airline charged me $75 for excess baggage.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ If the discount exceeds 20 percent, the excess amount of the discount allowed is considered a taxable wage.
▪ In which case it will be able to re-discount the bill to similar institutions who have excess liquidity.
▪ Studies show that excess doctors tend to generate extra tests, appointments, procedures and referrals.
▪ The excess weight made him look as if he had one normal-sized face superimposed on a much larger one.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Excess

Excess \Ex*cess"\, n. [OE. exces, excess, ecstasy, L. excessus a going out, loss of self-possession, fr. excedere, excessum, to go out, go beyond: cf. F. exc[`e]s. See Exceed.]

  1. The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or proper; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light.

    To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, . . . Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
    --Shak.

    That kills me with excess of grief, this with excess of joy.
    --Walsh.

  2. An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.

    Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess.
    --Eph. v. 18.

    Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches blame.
    --Milton.

  3. The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.

    Spherical excess (Geom.), the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
excess

late 14c., from Old French exces (14c.) "excess, extravagance, outrage," from Latin excessus "departure, a going beyond the bounds of reason or beyond the subject," from stem of excedere "to depart, go beyond" (see exceed). As an adjective from late 15c.

Wiktionary
excess

a. More than is normal, necessary or specified. n. 1 The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or proper; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light. 2 The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder. 3 An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation. 4 (context geometry English) spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle. 5 (context British insurance English) A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim.

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WordNet
excess

  1. n. a quantity much larger than is needed [syn: surplus, surplusage, nimiety]

  2. immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits [syn: excessiveness, inordinateness]

  3. the state of being more than full [syn: surfeit, overabundance]

  4. excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence" [syn: overindulgence]

excess

adj. more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus]

Wikipedia
Excess

Excess may refer to:

  • Angle excess, in spherical trigonometry
  • Insurance excess, similar to a deductible
  • Excess, in chemistry, a reagent that is not the limiting reagent
  • "Excess", a song by Tricky from the album Blowback
  • Excess (album), an album by Coma
Excess (album)

Excess is Coma's first English-language album, which was released in Europe on 11 October 2010. The album consists of nine tracks from Hipertrofia (2008), which were re-recorded in English, and three new songs: "F.T.P." and "F.T.M.O." from the movie Skrzydlate Świnie (where Rogucki played one of the main roles), and "Turn Back The River". On 1 September 2010, the album was made available to buy in Poland, but only via Mystic Production website.

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Usage examples of "excess".

Filter off the precipitate and wash with hot water containing a little sodium acetate, dissolve it off the filter with hot dilute hydrochloric acid, add ammonia in excess, and pass sulphuretted hydrogen for five minutes.

To convert, for example, a solution of a substance in hydrochloric acid into a solution of the same in acetic acid, alkali should be added in excess and then acetic acid.

To separate these, ammonia is added till the solution is alkaline, and then acetic acid in slight excess.

The student must be on his guard against adding a very large excess, which is the commoner error.

If this is not satisfactory repeat the assay, adding an extra gram of nitre for each 4 grams of lead in excess of that required, or 1 gram of flour for a 12-gram deficiency.

If, after adding excess of silver nitrate to insure a complete precipitation, the arsenate of silver be filtered off, the weight of the arsenic could be estimated from the weight of silver arsenate formed.

The solution containing the nickel and cobalt with no great excess of acid, is made alkaline by adding 20 c.

Zinc is detected by dissolving the substance in hydrochloric or nitric acid, boiling, and adding sodic hydrate in excess, filtering, and adding ammonic sulphide to the filtrate.

If the article is advertised, and a reward sufficiently in excess of what he paid for it is offered, the Fence frequently returns it to its rightful owner, upon condition that no questions shall be asked, and claims the reward.

Taking 800 micrograms of folate a day in supplements, or 1,400 micrograms through your diet, can reduce homocysteine levels dramatically, essentially removing any excess homocysteine from your bloodstream and stopping its aging effects.

The question of alcoholism is not one of the abuse of a good thing, here and there injuring those who take it to excess, but is a national question which affects the entire community, abstainers, and drinkers, men, women and children, present and to come.

The less pure samples will show an excess of alkalinity because of the presence of sodium carbonate or of potassium carbonate.

In systematic assays of this kind, the alkalinity would no doubt be generally in excess of that required by the cyanide present: there would be no inconvenience in recording such excess in terms of potassium cyanide.

The excesses of the Ancestress were being performed in his name, so he spent the entire trip staring into a mirror.

He had constructed andirons for the fireplace out of excess bomb parts and had filled them with stout silver logs, and he had framed with stained wood the photographs of girls with big breasts he had torn out of cheesecake magazines and hung over the mantelpiece.