Usually means: Excessive, unnecessary words or provisions.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word surplusage:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. surplusage: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. surplusage: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. surplusage: Collins English Dictionary
  4. surplusage: Vocabulary.com
  5. surplusage: Wordnik
  6. surplusage: Wiktionary
  7. surplusage: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. surplusage: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. surplusage: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. surplusage: Dictionary.com
  11. Surplusage: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Surplusage: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. surplusage: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. surplusage: Rhymezone
  15. Surplusage: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. surplusage: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. surplusage: Free Dictionary
  18. surplusage: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. surplusage: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. surplusage: Law.com Dictionary
  2. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  6. surplusage: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. surplusage: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (surplusage)

noun:  (now rare) A surplus; a superabundance.
noun:  (law) Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and may be rejected.
noun:  (finance) A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to.

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