sur·plus·age /-(ˌ)pləsɪʤ/
賸餘物
Sur·plus·age 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. 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
n : a quantity much larger than is needed [syn: excess, surplus,
nimiety]