Excess
31excess — /ɪk sesˌ ekses/ noun an amount which is more than what is allowed ● an excess of expenditure over revenue ▪▪▪ ‘…most airlines give business class the same baggage allowance as first class, which can save large sums in excess baggage’ [Business… …
32EXCESS — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index excess noun excess (2), surplus, wordiness adjective excessive, extravagant, heavy, profuse, superfluous, wordy verb …
33excess — [ɪk sɛs, ɛk , ɛksɛs] noun 1》 an amount that is more than necessary, permitted, or desirable. ↘the amount by which one quantity or number exceeds another. ↘(often in phr. in/to excess) the action of exceeding a limit. 2》 lack of moderation …
34excess — 1) An initial sum which the holder of an insurance policy must bear before any claim is met by the insurer. It is most often used in car insurance, e. g. the first £50 of any claim has to be borne by the insured party. 2) A bank or other… …
35excess — Pākela, koe, kaulele, uha uha. ♦ To drink to excess, pākela inu. ♦ To eat to excess, pākela ai, pake ai …
36excess — noun,adjective (an amount) which is more than what is allowed ● an excess of expenditure over revenue ● Excess costs have caused us considerable problems …
37excess — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French or Late Latin; Anglo French exces, from Late Latin excessus, from Latin, departure, projection, from excedere to exceed Date: 14th century 1. a. the state or an instance of surpassing usual,… …
38excess — Synonyms and related words: Saturnalia, aggrandizement, amplification, ballyhoo, big talk, blowing up, burlesque, caricature, crapulence, crapulency, crapulousness, de trop, debauchery, dilatation, dilation, disentitlement, dispensable,… …
39excess — • överdrift, överdåd, excess, extravagans …
40excess — 1. American to dismiss from employment When the employer wants to cut costs by getting rid of excess labour: Workers are never laid off; they re redundant , excessed , transitioned , or offered voluntary severance . (Wall Street… …
