surcharge

UK /ˈsɜː(ɹ)t͡ʃɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒ/ US /ˈsɜː(ɹ)t͡ʃɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒ/
noun 5verb 4

Definitions

noun

1

An addition of extra charge on the agreed, stated, or baseline price.

Our airline tickets cost twenty dollars more than we expected because we had to pay a fuel surcharge.

2

The part of the price of a subsidized good or service that is not covered by the subsidy and so must be paid by the consumer.

3

An excessive price charged e.g. to an unsuspecting customer.

4

An overprint on a stamp that alters (usually raises) the original nominal value of the stamp; used especially in times of hyperinflation.

5

A painting in lighter enamel over a darker one that serves as the ground.

verb

1

To apply a surcharge.

2

To overload; to overburden.

to surcharge an animal or a ship; to surcharge a cannon

My heauy hart I feare will breake in twaine, Surcharged with a heauie loade of thoughts.

3

To overstock; especially, to put more cattle into (e.g. a common) than one has a right to do, or more than the herbage will sustain.

Another diſturbance of common is by ſurcharging it; or putting more cattle therein than the paſture and herbage will ſuſtain, or the party hath a right to do.

4

To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.

The Idle multitude surcharge their laies

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