excess
noun/ɪkˈses/
Слово англійською: excess
Переклад excess українською: надлишок
Детальний опис
- [singular, uncountable] more than is necessary, reasonable or acceptable
- You can throw away any excess.
- excess of something Are you suffering from an excess of stress in your life?
- In an excess of enthusiasm I agreed to work late.
- to excess He was now eating to excess as a result of stress.
- in excess of something The increase will not be in excess of (= more than) two per cent.
- [countable, usually singular, uncountable] an amount by which something is larger than something else
- We cover costs up to £600 and then you pay the excess.
- [countable, usually singular] (British English) (North American English deductible)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%.
Wordfinder- actuary
- annuity
- cover
- excess
- insurance
- no-claims bonus
- policy
- premium
- risk
- underwrite
- [uncountable] (disapproving) the fact of doing too much of something, especially eating or drinking
- He gave in to bouts of alcoholic excess.
- excesses[plural] (disapproving) extreme behaviour that is unacceptable, illegal or morally wrong
- We need a free press to curb government excesses.
- legislation to control the worst excesses of the press
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin excessus, from excedere ‘go out, surpass’, from ex- ‘out’ + cedere ‘go’.