Tra từ excess - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ex·cess [excess excesses] noun, adjective
noun BrE [ɪkˈses] ; NAmE [ɪkˈses]
1. singular, uncountable more than is necessary, reasonable or acceptable
•You can throw away any excess.
•~ of sth Are you suffering from an excess of stress in your life?
•In an excess of enthusiasm I agreed to work late.
•He started drinking to excess after losing his job.
•The increase will not be in excess of (= more than) two per cent.
2. countable, uncountable an amount by which sth is larger than sth else
•We cover costs up to £600 and then you pay the excess.
3. countable, usually singular (BrE) (NAmE de·duct·ible)the part of an insurance claim that a person has to pay while the insurance company pays the rest
•There is an excess of £100 on each claim under this policy.
•Increasing the excess on home insurance from the standard £50 to £100 is likely to save 15%.
4. excessesplural extreme behaviour that is unacceptable, illegal or immoral
•We need a free press to curb government excesses.
•legislation to control the worst excesses of the press and the courts in relation to rape cases

Word Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin excessus, from excedere ‘go out, surpass’, from ex- ‘out’ + cedere ‘go’.

Example Bank:
•‘Avoid excess’ is the golden rule for a healthy life.
•His statements cannot be simply dismissed as rhetorical excess.
•The car can travel at speeds in excess of 150 miles per hour.
•The drug can be harmful if taken in excess.
•The vehicle had been travelling at speeds in excess of 90 miles per hour.
•They never smoked or drank to excess.
•Washington has always been a city of wretched excesses.
•a large excess of gas
•the worst excesses committed by the occupying army
•the worst excesses of the 1980s
•The increase will not be in excess of two per cent.
•We cover costs up to €600 and then you pay the excess.

adjective BrE [ˈekses] ; NAmE [ˈekses] only before noun
in addition to an amount that is necessary, usual or legal
•Excess food is stored as fat.
•Driving with excess alcohol in the blood is a serious offence.
•The book is hard to obtain, because of excess demand following the author's appearance on TV.

Word Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin excessus, from excedere ‘go out, surpass’, from ex- ‘out’ + cedere ‘go’.

Thesaurus:
excess adj. only before noun
•Excess food is stored in the body as fat.
surplus • • spare • • leftover • |formal superfluous •
(a/an) excess/surplus amount/demand/supply
excess/surplus/spare cash/capacity/energy
excess/surplus/leftover food
Excess, surplus or spare? Spare is the most informal and common of these words. Surplus is often used in business contexts: surplus stock/products, surplus capital/income. To talk about an extra amount that is seen as a bad thing, excess is often used: excess fat/baggage

Example Bank:
•The book is hard to obtain, because of excess demand following the author's appearance on TV.

See also: ↑deductible