SURPLUSAGE

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

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

3.
n.

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


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