SURPLUSAGE

excess, surplus, surplusage, nimiety

(noun) a quantity much larger than is needed

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

surplusage (countable and uncountable, plural surplusages)

(now rare) A surplus; a superabundance.

(legal) Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and may be rejected.

(finance) A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to.

Source: Wiktionary


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)

Definition: Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and which may be rejected.

3. (Accounts)

Definition: A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to. [Obs.] Rees.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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