surplusage Meaning, Definition & Usage

Sur"plus*age noun

Etymology

See Surplus, and cf. Superplusage.

Definitions

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) Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and which may be rejected.
3. (Accounts) A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to. Obs. Rees.