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Surplusage   Listen
noun
Surplusage  n.  
1.
Surplus; excess; overplus; as, surplusage of grain or goods beyond what is wanted. "Take what thou please of all this surplusage." "A surplusage given to one part is paid out of a reduction from another part of the same creature."
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.)





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"Surplusage" Quotes from Famous Books



... referred to are intended to be fortuitous, accidental, spontaneous. It is the essence of Mr. Darwin's theory that this should be so. Mr. Darwin's solemn statement, therefore, of his theory, after he had done his best or his worst with it, is, when stripped of surplusage, as follows:— ...
— The Humour of Homer and Other Essays • Samuel Butler


Words linked to "Surplusage" :   nimiety, surplus, overmuchness, superabundance, overmuch, excess


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