surplusage

== English == === Etymology === From Medieval Latin surplusagium, from surplus. === Noun === surplusage (countable and uncountable, plural surplusages) (now rare) A surplus; a superabundance. (law) Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and may be rejected. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (finance) A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to. 1802–1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature === References === “surplusage”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.