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English Dictionary: surplusage	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for surplusage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
surplusage n a quantity much larger than is needed [syn: excess, surplus, surplusage, nimiety]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Surplusage \Sur"plusage\, 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.