How to pronounce “excess”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.
• The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder.
• An act of eating or drinking more than enough.
• (geometry) 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.
• (British, insurance) A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim.
• [Adjective]
• More than is normal, necessary or specified.
• [Verb]
• (US, transitive) To declare (an employee) surplus to requirements, such that he or she might not be given work.

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