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"Excess" Definition

noun

A behavior or an action that exceeds proper or lawful bounds: tried to avoid engaging in emotional excesses such as hysteria and fits of temper.
An amount or quantity beyond what is normal or sufficient; a surplus.
Intemperance; overindulgence: drank to excess.
The amount or degree by which one quantity exceeds another: Profit is the excess of sales over costs.
The state of exceeding what is normal or sufficient: rains that filled the reservoirs to excess.

adjective

Being more than is usual, required, or permitted: skimming off the excess fat. See Synonyms at superfluous.
More than the usual, proper, or specified amount.

idiom

In excess of Greater than; more than: unit sales in excess of 20 million.

verb-transitive

To eliminate the job or position of.

verb

To eliminate the position of .

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