EGAVE

surplusage

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A surplus; a superabundance.
  2. noun Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and may be rejected.
  3. noun (Can we verify this sense?) A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to.

Similar words

surplus excess overquantity superabundancy overplus overplusage superfluence surfeit superfluity superabounding

Often followed by

of and in to is or from which given

Word family

surplusages

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