Upcharge vs. Surcharge

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  • Upcharge (noun)

    A surcharge for something additional.

  • 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.”

  • Surcharge (noun)

    An excessive price charged e.g. to an unsuspecting customer.

  • Surcharge (noun)

    An overprint on a stamp that alters (usually raises) the original nominal value of the stamp; used especially in times of hyperinflation.

  • Surcharge (noun)

    A painting in lighter enamel over a darker one that serves as the ground.

  • Surcharge (noun)

    A charge that has been omitted from an account as payment of a credit to the charged party.

  • Surcharge (noun)

    A penalty for failure to exercise common prudence and skill in the performance of a fiduciary’s duties.

  • Surcharge (noun)

    An excessive load or burden.

  • Surcharge (noun)

    The putting, by a commoner, of more animals on the common than he is entitled to.

  • Surcharge (verb)

    To apply a surcharge.

  • Surcharge (verb)

    To overload; to overburden.

    “to surcharge an animal or a ship; to surcharge a cannon”

  • 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.

  • Surcharge (verb)

    To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.

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