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excessive contribution
noun1 a donation that exceeds a legal limit, such as the caps on how much a single donor can contribute to a committee in a given election cycle; the money can be refunded, reallocated for use in another election, or, in the case of married couples spending with a joint account, reattributed to another person
Jason Torchinsky, a Republican election lawyer, said he believed Mr. Trump was barred from using Save America donations to pay his personal legal expenses now that he’s a candidate, arguing that doing so would be “an excessive contribution” under Federal Election Commission precedent.— The New York Times
In July, Benson received and returned an excessive contribution of $6,150 from trial lawyer Bernstein, while retaining the $7,150 legal contribution limit.— Jacksonville Journal Courier