surcharge

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: overchargesoakgazumpfleeceplumepluckrobhookoverload

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

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

Verb (7)

  1. charge an extra fee, as for a special service
  2. rip off; ask an unreasonable priceSynonyms: overchargesoakgazumpfleeceplumepluckrobhook
  3. fill to capacity with people“The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards”
  4. print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote
  5. fill to an excessive degree“The air was surcharged with tension”
  6. place too much a load on“don't overload the car”Synonyms: overloadovercharge
  7. show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Surcharge \Sur*charge"\, n. [F.]

1.An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne. [1913 Webster]

A numerous nobility causeth poverty and inconvenience in a state, for it is surcharge of expense.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

3.(Railroads) A charge over the usual or legal rates. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4.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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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. [1913 Webster]

Four charged two, and two surcharged one.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]
Your head reclined, as hiding grief from view, Droops like a rose surcharged with morning dew.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

3.To print or write a surcharge on (a postage stamp). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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