How is the word excédent translated from French to English

English translation
Excess
noun

Quantité qui dépasse ce qui est nécessaire ou permis.

An amount more than is needed or allowed.

Examples with “excédent”

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  • Égouttez l'excédent d'huile. — Drain the excess of oil.

  • J'ai payé pour des bagages excédentaires. — I paid for excess baggage.

  • La franchise de cette police est de deux cents. — The excess on this policy is two hundred.

  • Nous gardons l'excédent dans la pièce du fond. — We keep the excess in the back room.

  • L'eau excédentaire s'écoule par ce tuyau. — Excess water drains through this pipe.

  • Nous avons payé la franchise et ils ont couvert le reste. — We paid the excess and they covered the rest.

  • Un excédent de sel gâche la soupe. — An excess of salt ruins the soup.

  • Font-ils payer le poids excédentaire ? — Do they charge for excess weight?

  • Une franchise plus basse veut dire une prime plus élevée. — A lower excess means a higher premium.

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