'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.]