\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.