excess
 ex·cess (ĭk-sĕsʹ, ĕkʹsĕs')n.
1. The state of exceeding what is normal or sufficient:
rains that filled the reservoirs to excess.
2. An amount or quantity beyond what is normal or sufficient; a surplus.
3. The amount or degree by which one quantity exceeds another:
Profit is the excess of sales over costs.
4. Intemperance; overindulgence:
drank to excess.
5. 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.adj.
Being more than is usual, required, or permitted:
skimming off the excess fat.
See Synonyms at superfluous.tr.v. ex·cessed, ex·cess·ing, ex·cess·es
To eliminate the job or position of.Idiom:in excess of
Greater than; more than:
unit sales in excess of 20 million. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin excessus, past participle of excēdere, to exceed. See exceed.]
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