1. Dépassement.
2. Trop-plein. Excès de poids.
3. Abus. Excès de pouvoir.
ETYM Old Eng. (h)abundaunce, abundance, French abondance, Latin abundantia, from abundare. Related to Abound.
The property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; SYN. copiousness.
ETYM Old Eng. exces, excess, ecstasy, Latin excessus a going out, loss of self-possession, from excedere, excessum, to go out, go beyond: cf. French excčs. Related to Exceed.
(Irregular plural: excesses).
1. A quantity much larger than is needed; SYN. surplus, surplusage.
2. Immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits; SYN. excessiveness, inordinateness.
The quality of being so overabundant that prices fall; SYN. oversupply, surfeit.
Excess of goods in a market. A glut of agricultural produce often follows an exceptional harvest, causing prices to fall unless there is some form of intervention in the market.