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Surcharge
Surcharge Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Surcharge?
[n] an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)
[v] show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given [v] place too much a load on [v] fill to an excessive degree; "The air was surcharged with tension" [v] print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote [v] fill to capacity with people; "The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards" [v] rip off; ask an unreasonable price [v] charge an extra fee, as for a special service Synonyms | Synonyms for Surcharge: fleece | gazump | hook | overcharge | overcharge | overload | pluck | plume | rob | soak Related Terms | Find terms related to Surcharge: See Also | beat | bill | charge | charge | cheat | chisel | extort | fill | fill up | gouge | load | make full | overcrowd | overprint | print over | rack | rip off | show | single supplement | wring Surcharge In Webster's Dictionary \Sur*charge"\, v. t.
To print or write a surcharge on (a postage stamp).
\Sur*charge"\, n. [F.] 1. (Railroads) A charge over the usual or legal rates. 2. Something printed or written on a postage stamp to give it a new legal effect, as a new valuation, a place, a date, etc.; also (Colloq.), a stamp with a surcharge. \Sur*charge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surcharged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surcharging}.] [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. [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. |
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