Surplusage

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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

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