English-Italian translations for excess

• eccedenza
  Ricordo che nelle spese agricole si registra attualmente un'eccedenza di 1, 3 miliardi di ecu. I might remind you once again that expenditure on agriculture is ECU 1300 million in excess at present.
  Nel frattempo, a causa dei sussidi eccessivi, i prezzi alribasso dei vini in eccedenza stanno espellendo dal mercato i vini di qualitàprovenienti da altri Stati membri. In the meantime, due to excessive subsidies, the low prices of surplus wine are pushing quality wines from other Member States out of the market.
  Ma se devo parlare a nome dell'industria cantieristica europea - non lo faccio, ma se dovessi - avremmo problemi di eccedenza di capacità. But if I were to speak on behalf of the European shipbuilding industry - I do not, but if I were to do so - we would get into problems of excess capacity.
• eccessivo
  Questo è un peso burocratico eccessivo. This is an excessively bureaucratic burden.
  Errore sul carico fiscale eccessivo. An error with excess taxation.
  Ciò mi sembra un pò eccessivo! This seems a little excessive to me!
• eccesso
  Cosa si intende per “leggero eccesso” o per “eccesso temporaneo”? What is meant by a ‘slight excess’ or a ‘temporary’ one?
  Sono congrue, senza indurre però a nessun tipo di eccesso. They are adequate without encouraging any degree of excess.
  Oggetto: Eccesso di trasporti nel Mar Baltico Subject: Excess transport in the Baltic Sea
• intemperanza

Definition of excess

• The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or proper
• The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder
• An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation
• Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle
• More than is normal, necessary or specified
• To declare surplus to requirements, such that he or she might not be given work

Examples

• The excess of heavy water was given away to the neighbouring country
• The difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.

Related words

• excessive
• excessiveness
• excessively
• excess baggage
• excess of loss
• excess mandate
• excess capacity
• excess hair
• excess burden