SURCHARGE

surcharge

(noun) an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)

surcharge

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

overload, surcharge, overcharge

(verb) place too much a load on; “don’t overload the car”

surcharge

(verb) fill to an excessive degree; “The air was surcharged with tension”

surcharge

(verb) print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote

surcharge

(verb) fill to capacity with people; “The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards”

overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook

(verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price

surcharge

(verb) charge an extra fee, as for a special service

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

surcharge (plural surcharges)

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

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

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

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

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

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

(obsolete) An excessive load or burden.

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

Verb

surcharge (third-person singular simple present surcharges, present participle surcharging, simple past and past participle surcharged)

To apply a surcharge.

To overload; to overburden.

(legal) 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.

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

Antonyms

• discount

Source: Wiktionary

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Sur*charge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surcharged; p. pr. & vb. n. Surcharging.] Etym: [F. surcharger. See Sur-, and Charge, and cf. Overcharge, Supercharge, Supercargo.]

1. To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon. Four charged two, and two surcharged one. Spenser. Your head reclined, as hiding grief from view, Droops like a rose surcharged with morning dew. Dryden.

2. (Law) (a) To overstock; especially, to put more cattle into, as a common, than the person has a right to do, or more than the herbage will sustain. Blackstone. (b) (Equity) To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given. Story. Daniel.

Sur*charge", n. Etym: [F.]

1. An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne. A numerous nobility causeth poverty and inconvenience in a state, for it is surcharge of expense. Bacon.

2. (Law) (a) The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to. (b) (Equity) The showing an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given. Burrill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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