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Upcharge (noun)
A surcharge for something additional.
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Surcharge (noun)
An addition of extra charge on the agreed or stated price.
“Our airline tickets cost twenty dollars more than we expected because we had to pay a fuel surcharge.”
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Surcharge (noun)
An excessive price charged e.g. to an unsuspecting customer.
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Surcharge (noun)
An overprint on a stamp that alters (usually raises) the original nominal value of the stamp; used especially in times of hyperinflation.
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Surcharge (noun)
A painting in lighter enamel over a darker one that serves as the ground.
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Surcharge (noun)
A charge that has been omitted from an account as payment of a credit to the charged party.
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Surcharge (noun)
A penalty for failure to exercise common prudence and skill in the performance of a fiduciary’s duties.
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Surcharge (noun)
An excessive load or burden.
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Surcharge (noun)
The putting, by a commoner, of more animals on the common than he is entitled to.
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Surcharge (verb)
To apply a surcharge.
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Surcharge (verb)
To overload; to overburden.
“to surcharge an animal or a ship; to surcharge a cannon”
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Surcharge (verb)
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.
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Surcharge (verb)
To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.