Surcharge

//ˈsɜː(ɹ)t͡ʃɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill) wordnet
  3. 3
    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.
  4. 4
    An excessive price charged e.g. to an unsuspecting customer.
  5. 5
    An overprint on a stamp that alters (usually raises) the original nominal value of the stamp; used especially in times of hyperinflation.
Show 5 more definitions
  1. 6
    A painting in lighter enamel over a darker one that serves as the ground.
  2. 7
    A charge that has been omitted from an account as payment of a credit to the charged party
  3. 8
    A penalty for failure to exercise common prudence and skill in the performance of a fiduciary's duties.
  4. 9
    An excessive load or burden. obsolete

    "A Numerous Nobility, cauſet Pouerty, and Inconuenience in a State: For it is a Surcharge of Expence;"

  5. 10
    The putting, by a commoner, of more animals on the common than he is entitled to. obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To apply a surcharge.
  2. 2
    show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given wordnet
  3. 3
    To overload; to overburden.

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

  4. 4
    place too much a load on wordnet
  5. 5
    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."

Show 6 more definitions
  1. 6
    fill to an excessive degree wordnet
  2. 7
    To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.

    "The Idle multitude surcharge their laies"

  3. 8
    print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote wordnet
  4. 9
    fill to capacity with people wordnet
  5. 10
    rip off; ask an unreasonable price wordnet
  6. 11
    charge an extra fee, as for a special service wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French surcharge, from Old French. By surface analysis, sur- + charge. Doublet of supercharge.

Etymology 2

From Middle French surcharge, from Old French. By surface analysis, sur- + charge. Doublet of supercharge.

Next best steps

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: surcharge