Hypertext Webster Gateway: "surplusage"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Surplusage \Sur"plus*age\, n. [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) 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

surplusage
n : a quantity much larger than is needed [syn: {excess}, {surplus}]

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