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excess
Noun
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An excess is an amount that is too much.
Cut the meat off the bone and remove any excess fat.
At our meetings, there was always an excess of food.
Cover the wood surface with oil and then wipe off the excess.
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Excesses are behaviours that are not against the law, but are still not accepted by society.
After the excesses of her teens, she stopped smoking, drinking, and partying completely.
People are sick of watching their leaders brought down by their excesses.
Wild gambling and extravagent spending were excesses of the Regency period.
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If mathx/math is in excess of mathy/math, it is more than mathy/math.
The car was traveling in excess of 150 km/h.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
credit
Noun
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Credit is an agreement to buy something and pay later.
We bought the new dining room table on credit.
I only use my credit card when I know I'll have the money the next week.
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Credit is positive words or feelings.
He gave credit to local management and to the unions for the improvements at the factory.
The children here should take credit for a job well done.
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A credit is a course or part of a course that you complete at college or university.
I just need five more credits to finish my degree.
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A credit is record of money put in an account.
credit
Verb
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If you credit an account, you add money to it.
I called the bank about the mistake and they credited my account with the missing $50.
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If you credit somebody with something, you say that they did it.
Most people have credited Churchill with this saying, but there is no proof that he actually said it.
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If you credit something, you believe it.