Excess vs Deductable - What's the difference?
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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; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light.
* , King John , act 4, scene 2:
* , "Jealosy", in The Poetical Works of William Walsh (1797),
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.
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* 1667 , , Paradise Lost , Book III:
(geometry) 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.
(British, insurance) A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim.
More than is normal, necessary or specified.
; that which can be deducted.
* 1903 , Encyclopædia of Accounting , Volume 3,
* 1980 , Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) , Jun 19 - Nov 13,
* 1993 , J. P. Makeham, L. R. Malcolm, The Farming Game Now ,
As adjectives the difference between excess and deductable
is that excess is more than is normal, necessary or specified while deductable is ; that which can be deducted.As a noun excess
is 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; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light.excess
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Noun
(es) (Spherical excess)- To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
- To throw a perfume on the violet, . . .
- Is wasteful and ridiculous excess .
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- That kills me with excess' of grief, this with ' excess of joy.
- The difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.
- And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess .
- Fair Angel, thy desire . . .
- . . . leads to no excess
- That reaches blame
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* (qualifier) (l)Antonyms
* deficiencyAdjective
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* excess baggageSee also
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* * (Webster 1913)deductable
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Adjective
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- The two amounts of tax so found would give the total tax deductable from a yearly payment falling due at l5th May 1902.
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- One very important point which has arisen is the whole question of the credits; the allowances; marriage allowance and child allowance which are deductable from income before one is taxed.
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- Farmers? wages and personal costs are taxable not deductable'. ' Deductable depreciation costs include costs of plant, equipment and structures which gradually wear out.