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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sur·plus·age /-(ˌ)pləsɪʤ/
 賸餘物

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 surplusage
      n : a quantity much larger than is needed [syn: excess, surplus,
           nimiety]