Category:Surplusage

Sur"plus*age, n. Etym: [see surplus, and cf. Superplusage.]

1. Surplus; excess; overplus; as, surplusage of grain or goods beyond What is wanted. Take what thou please of all this surplusage. Spenser. A surplusage given to one part is paid out of a reduction from Another part of the same creature. Emerson.

2. (law)

Defn: matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the Case, and which may be rejected.

3. (accounts)

Defn: a greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant Amounts to. [obs.] Rees.