<B>excess, </B>noun, adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>more than enough; part that is too much. <BR> <I>Ex. Pour off the excess. We had an excess of snow last month.</I> (SYN) surplus. <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition of exceeding what is usual or necessary; superabundance. (SYN) superfluity. <DD><B> 3. </B>the amount by which one thing is more than another. <BR> <I>Ex. The excess of 7 over 5 is 2.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>an action that goes beyond what is necessary or just. <BR> <I>Ex. The gangster movie has an excess of violence. The enemy burned houses and committed other excesses.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>eating or drinking too much; overindulgence; intemperance. <BR> <I>Ex. His excesses shortened his life.</I> (SYN) dissipation, immoderation. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>beyond the usual amount; extra. <BR> <I>Ex. Passengers must pay for excess baggage on an airplane.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>beyond what is necessary, proper, or right. <BR> <I>Ex. The fat man went on a diet to get rid of his excess weight.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> (U.S.) to transfer or dismiss (a teacher or civil servant) from a position that has been eliminated or declared overstaffed. <BR> <I>Ex. According to a spokesman for the Board of Education, 243 supervisors were "excessed" last November and transferred out of their districts (New York Times).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>in excess of,</B> </I>more than. <BR> <I>Ex. The contributions received were in excess of $5,000. The quantity we receive is in excess of the quantity lost (John Tyndall).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>to excess,</B> </I>too much. <BR> <I>Ex. That fat man eats candy to excess.</I> </DL>
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<B>excessive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> too much; too great; going beyond what is necessary or right; extreme. <BR> <I>Ex. Ten dollars is an excessive price for five pounds of sugar. Many teen-agers spend an excessive amount of time on the telephone.</I> adv. <B>excessively.</B> noun <B>excessiveness.</B> </DL>
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<B>excess-profits tax,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tax on profits above the average profit for a given number of years or above a certain percentage of capital. </DL>
<B>exchange, </B>verb, <B>-changed,</B> <B>-changing,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to give (one thing) for another; change. <BR> <I>Ex. She would not exchange her house for a palace.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to give in trade for something regarded as equivalent; barter; swap. <BR> <I>Ex. I will exchange two dimes for twenty pennies.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to give and receive (things of the same kind). <BR> <I>Ex. to exchange letters. You two boys exchange places. The two boxers exchanged blows.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to replace or have replaced (a purchase). <BR> <I>Ex. We can exchange no yard goods.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to make an exchange. <DD><B> 2. </B>to pass or be taken in exchange or as an equivalent. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a giving up of one thing and receiving or taking another for it; an exchanging. <BR> <I>Ex. Ten pennies for a dime is a fair exchange. During the truce there was an exchange of prisoners.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person or thing given or received in exchange for another, or as a substitute. <DD><B> 3. </B>a place where things are exchanged. Stocks are bought, sold, and traded in a stock exchange. <DD><B> 4. </B>a central station or office. A telephone exchange handles telephone calls. <DD><B> 5a. </B>a system of settling accounts in different places by exchanging bills of exchange that represent money instead of exchanging money itself. <DD><B> b. </B>the payment of debts or obligations in different places by this method. <DD><B> 6. </B>a changing of the money of one country into the money of equivalent value of another. <DD><B> 7. </B>the fee charged for settling accounts, for changing money, or for transferring funds. <DD><B> 8a. </B>the rate of exchange; a varying rate or sum in one currency given for a fixed sum in another currency. <DD><B> b. </B>the amount of the difference in rates of exchange. <DD><B> 9a. </B>the checks, drafts, or bills exchanged in a clearing house. <DD><B> b. </B><B>=bill of exchange.</B> <DD><B> 10. </B>(British.) a labor exchange. </DL>
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<B>exchangeability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condition of being exchangeable. </DL>
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<B>exchangeable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be exchanged. </DL>
<A NAME="exchangeablevalue">
<B>exchangeable value,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the value of a thing measured by what may be produced in exchange. </DL>
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<B>exchangeably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an exchangeable manner. </DL>
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<B>exchange control,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the control of foreign exchange transactions, such as the transfer of gold and currency, by government agencies. </DL>
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<B>exchangee, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing exchanged, especially an exchange student. </DL>
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<B>exchange editor,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an editor who selects extracts from other publications for reproduction in his own publication. </DL>
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<B>exchanger, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a person who exchanges. <DD><B> b. </B>a person who practices exchange. <BR> <I>Ex. Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers (Matthew 25:27).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=heat exchanger.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>a material, such as a resin or zeolite, used in an ion exchange process, as in the purification of water. </DL>
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<B>exchange rate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> rate of exchange especially of one country's money for another's. <BR> <I>Ex. With a new exchange rate for the franc the balance of trade changed from deficit to surplus (Manchester Guardian).</I> </DL>
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<B>exchange reaction,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) a process whereby atoms of the same element in two different molecules, or in two different positions in the same molecule, exchange places. It is usually studied by means of a tracer or tagged atom. </DL>
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<B>exchange student,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a student participating in a program of trading students between countries or institutions. </DL>
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<B>exchange teacher,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a teacher participating in a program of exchanging teachers between institutions. </DL>
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<B>Exchequer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>the department of the British government in charge of its finances and the public revenue. <DD><B> b. </B>the offices of this department. <DD><B> 2. </B>the funds of the British government. <DD><B> 3. </B>the Court of Exchequer, now merged in the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. </DL>
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<B>exchequer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a treasury, especially of a state or nation. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) finances; funds. </DL>
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<B>Exchequer bill,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a negotiable bill of credit, bearing interest at a current rate, formerly issued by the British Exchequer for raising money to meet some emergency. </DL>
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<B>Exchequer bond,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a bond issued by the British Exchequer at a fixed rate of interest and for a fixed period. </DL>
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<B>excide, </B>transitive verb, <B>-cided,</B> <B>-ciding.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to cut out. </DL>
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<B>excimer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) a substance formed by atoms in an excited state. <BR> <I>Ex. The term excimer means that atoms that are energetically excited come together and form molecules, and the molecules then emit the laser light. "Two excimer" means that molecules of two different elements are involved (Science News).</I> </DL>
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<B>excipient, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any inert drug substance used as a medium or carrier for an active drug, such as the syrup in a cough medicine. <DD><B> 2. </B>one that takes up or receives. </DL>
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<B>exciple, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a layer of cells partially enclosing lichens. </DL>
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<B>exciplex, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a complex or aggregate of excited states, especiallyone produced in a dye laser. <BR> <I>Ex. Exciplexes ... are believed to play an important role in many photochemical systems (Nicholas J. Turro).</I> </DL>
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<B>excipular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with an exciple. </DL>
<A NAME="excipule">
<B>excipule, </B>noun. <B>=exciple.</B></DL>
<A NAME="excipuliform">
<B>excipuliform, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> like an exciple; having a rim. </DL>
<A NAME="excipulum">
<B>excipulum, </B>noun, pl. <B>-la.</B> <B>=exciple.</B></DL>
<A NAME="excisable">
<B>excisable</B> (1), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> subject to excise duty. </DL>
<A NAME="excisable">
<B>excisable</B> (2), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be removed. </DL>
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<B>excise</B> (1), noun, verb, <B>-cised,</B> <B>-cising.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a tax on the manufacture, sale, or use of certain articles made, sold, or used within a country. <BR> <I>Ex. There is an excise on tobacco.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a tax for a license to follow or practice certain trades or sports. <DD><B> 3. </B>(British.) the division of the civil service in the Customs and Excise Department charged with collecting excises. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to force (a person) to pay an excise. </DL>
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<B>excise</B> (2), transitive verb, <B>-cised,</B> <B>-cising.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to cut out; remove. <BR> <I>Ex. The editor excised passages from the book.</I> (SYN) expunge. </DL>
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<B>exciseman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an official of the British government who collects excises and enforces the laws having to do with excises. <BR> <I>Ex. Of all the manifold ills in the train of smuggling, surely the exciseman is the worst (Oliver Goldsmith).</I> </DL>
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<B>excisemanship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the position or office of exciseman. </DL>
