surcharge

/หˆsษœห(ษน)tอกสƒษ‘ห(ษน)dอกส’/

IPA: /S ER0 CH AA1 R JH/

noun
  1. 1

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

    โ€œOur airline tickets cost twenty dollars more than we expected because we had to pay a fuel surcharge.โ€

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    A charge that has been omitted from an account as payment of a credit to the charged party.

  6. 6

    A penalty for failure to exercise common prudence and skill in the performance of a fiduciary's duties.

  7. 7

    An excessive load or burden.

  8. 8

    The putting, by a commoner, of more animals on the common than he is entitled to.

verb
  1. 1

    To apply a surcharge.

  2. 2

    To overload; to overburden.

    โ€œto surcharge an animal or a ship; to surcharge a cannonโ€

  3. 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.

  4. 4

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

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