Surplusage

Origin

From Medieval Latin surplusagium, from surplus.

Full definition of surplusage

Noun

1. (now rare) A surplus; a superabundance.
• 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:If then thee list my offred grace to vse,
  Take what thou please of all this surplusage;
  If thee list not, leaue haue thou to refuse ...
• EmersonA surplusage given to one part is paid out of a reduction from another part of the same creature.
2. (legal) Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and may be rejected.
3. (finance) A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to.