Affluence.
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.
ETYM New Lat., from Greek, to be or become full. Related to Pleonasm.
Excess, superfluity.
State of being overfull; excess; overabundance; a vast quantity.
ETYM Latin superabundantia: cf. Old Fren. superabondance.
An excessive quantity; overfullness.
ETYM Old Eng. surfet, Old Fren. surfait, sorfait, excess, arrogance, crime, from surfaire, sorfaire, to augment, exaggerate, French surfaire to overcharge; sur over + faire to make, do, Latin facere. Related to Sur-, and Fact.
The state of being more than full; SYN. excess, overabundance.
Excess; state of being full.