surcharge

Meaning

Noun

1. An addition of extra charge on the agreed, stated, or baseline price.
2. 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.
3. An excessive price charged e.g. to an unsuspecting customer.
4. An overprint on a stamp that alters (usually raises) the original nominal value of the stamp; used especially in times of hyperinflation.
5. A painting in lighter enamel over a darker one that serves as the ground.
6. A charge that has been omitted from an account as payment of a credit to the charged party
7. A penalty for failure to exercise common prudence and skill in the performance of a fiduciary's duties.
8. (obsolete) An excessive load or burden.
9. (obsolete) The putting, by a commoner, of more animals on the common than he is entitled to.

Verb

1. To apply a surcharge.
2. To overload; to overburden.
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. To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.

Synonyms

overcharge

extra charge

overload

additional payment

surtax

fleece

rob

hook

🪝

soak

fringe benefit

premium

additional charge

overburden

plume

weigh down

gazump

additional tax

pluck

price

saddle

sting

stow

stuff

supertax

supplement

supplementary tax

tamp

superload

extra tax

additional load

subordinate load

flood surcharge

surcharge depth

tax surcharge

complementary tax

additional

associate charge

additional charges

charge

clog

cost

cover charge

cram

diddle

encumbrance

extra charges

increment

jam

overestimate

overloading

Translations

Zuschlag

Aufpreis

sobrecarga

sovrapprezzo

soprapprezzo

sobreprecio

supplemento

sobretaxa

recargo

Aufschlag

sobrecarga

spellare

stangare

spennare

soprattassa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɜː(ɹ)t͡ʃɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒ/

Etymology

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