'Surcharge' definitions:
Definition of 'surcharge'
From: WordNet
noun
An additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)
verb
Charge an extra fee, as for a special service
verb
Rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook] [ant: undercharge]
verb
Fill to capacity with people; "The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards"
verb
Print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote
verb
Fill to an excessive degree; "The air was surcharged with tension"
verb
Place too much a load on; "don't overload the car" [syn: overload, surcharge, overcharge]
verb
Show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given
Definition of 'Surcharge'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]
Definition of 'Surcharge'
From: 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.]
Synonyms of 'surcharge'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bale,
- bleed,
- bleed white,
- burden,
- burdening,
- burthen,
- cargo,
- charge,
- charging,
- choke,
- clip,
- congest,
- congestion,
- cram,
- crowd,
- cumber,
- cumbrance,
- deadweight,
- doctor accounts,
- drag,
- drench,
- encumbrance,
- engorgement,
- exploit,
- exploitation,
- extortion,
- fleece,
- freight,
- garble accounts,
- glut,
- gluttonize,
- gorge,
- gouge,
- handicap,
- highway robbery,
- hold up,
- holdup,
- hyperemia,
- incubus,
- incumbency,
- jam,
- jam-pack,
- lading,
- load,
- loading,
- loan-sharking,
- millstone,
- oppression,
- overassessment,
- overbrimming,
- overburden,
- overcharge,
- overfeed,
- overfill,
- overflow,
- overfreight,
- overfullness,
- overlade,
- overload,
- overprice,
- overspill,
- overstuff,
- overtax,
- overtaxing,
- overweight,
- overweighting,
- pack,
- plethora,
- pressure,
- profiteer,
- repletion,
- saddling,
- salt,
- satiate,
- satiety,
- saturate,
- saturation,
- screw,
- shylocking,
- skin,
- soak,
- stick,
- sting,
- stuff,
- supercharge,
- superincumbency,
- supersaturate,
- supersaturation,
- surfeit,
- swindle,
- taxing,
- usury,
- victimize