in excess of
Meaning
in excess of
more than
We spent in excess of £5,000 on repairs to the storm-damaged roof.
Synonyms
Examples
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen a angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100 mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had.
Never order food in excess of your body weight.
Apparently, on New Texas, killing a politician was not malum in se, and was mallum prohibitorum only to the extent that what happened to the politician was in excess of what he deserved.
Till now poets were privileged to insert a certain proportion of nonsense - very far in excess of one-half of one per cent - into their otherwise sober documents.
O son of Adam, if you have collected anything in excess of your actual need, you will act only as its trustee for someone else to use it.