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21Excess — is a state of something being present beyond a requisite amount. In certain contexts, it has a more specialized meaning:* In insurance, similar to deductible. * In chemistry, describing any reagent that is not the limiting reagent. * Excess is… …
22excess benefit plan — USA A plan maintained by an employer solely to provide certain employees with benefits that exceed the limits that apply to employee pension benefit plans under Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code. Unfunded excess benefit plans are exempt… …
23excess profit — ➔ profit1 …
24excess supply — UK US noun [U] ► ECONOMICS a situation in which there is more of a product or service available than customers want to buy: »They forecast that the world will have an excess supply of 365 million barrels of oil in the three months to June …
25excess — (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. exces (14c.) excess, extravagance, outrage, from L. excessus departure, a going beyond the bounds of reason or beyond the subject, from stem of excedere to depart, go beyond (see EXCEED (Cf. exceed)). As an adjective… …
26excess — [n1] overabundance of something balance, by product, enough, exorbitance, exuberance, fat, fulsomeness, glut, inundation, lavishness, leavings, leftover, luxuriance, nimiety, overdose, overflow, overkill, overload, overmuch, overrun, oversupply,… …
27excess capacity — noun The operating situation of a firm or industry when output is below the level at which all its productive resources are fully employed • • • Main Entry: ↑excess …
28excess demand — noun A situation in which the quantity of a product or service which buyers wish to buy at the prevailing price exceeds that which sellers are prepared or able to sell • • • Main Entry: ↑excess …
29excess postage — noun Payment due from the addressee when insufficient stamps have been put on a letter or packet • • • Main Entry: ↑excess …
30excess supply — noun The operating situation of a firm or industry in which the quantity of a product or service which sellers wish to sell at the prevailing price exceeds the quantity which buyers wish to buy • • • Main Entry: ↑excess …
