Excess
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Excess is a state of something being present beyond a requisite amount. In certain contexts, it has a more specialized meaning:
- In insurance, as a synonym for deductible.
- In chemistry, describing any reagent that is not the limiting reagent.
- Excess is also the title of a track by Tricky featured in the film Thir13en Ghosts (see also Blowback (album)).
[edit] Quotations about excess
"’T is not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess." -- John Selden