English Explanatory Dictionary

surplusage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A surplus; a superabundance.
  2. Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and may be rejected.
  3. A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to.

Word forms

surplusage surplusages

Etymology

From Medieval Latin surplusagium, from surplus.

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