surcharge
UK/ˈsɜːt͡ʃɑːd͡ʒ//ˈsɜɹt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒ/
surcharge noun: an addition of extra charge on the agreed, stated, or baseline price. Sometimes portrayed by a buyer as excessive and rapacious; usually portrayed by a seller as justified and necessary.
Noun
surcharge (plural surcharges)
- An addition of extra charge on the agreed, stated, or baseline price. Sometimes portrayed by a buyer as excessive and rapacious; usually portrayed by a seller as justified and necessary.
- Our airline tickets cost twenty dollars more than we expected because we had to pay a fuel surcharge.
- 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.
- An overprint on a stamp that alters (usually raises) the original nominal value of the stamp; used especially in times of hyperinflation.
- A painting in lighter enamel over a darker one that serves as the ground.
- A charge that has been omitted from an account as payment of a credit to the charged party
- A penalty for failure to exercise common prudence and skill in the performance of a fiduciary's duties.
- An excessive load or burden.
- A Numerous Nobility, cauſet Pouerty, and Inconuenience in a State: For it is a Surcharge of Expence;1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Nobility. XIIII.”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 73
- The putting, by a commoner, of more animals on the common than he is entitled to.
Verb
surcharge (third-person singular simple present surcharges, present participle surcharging, simple past and past participle surcharged)
- To apply a surcharge.
- To overload; to overburden.
- to surcharge an animal or a ship; to surcharge a cannon
- My heauy hart I feare will breake in twaine,
Surcharged with a heauie loade of thoughts.1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act I
- 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.
- Another diſturbance of common is by ſurcharging it; or putting more cattle therein than the paſture and herbage will ſuſtain, or the party hath a right to do.1768, William Blackstone, “Of Disturbance”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, book III (Of Private Wrongs), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 237
- To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.
- The Idle multitude surcharge their laies1599, Samuel Daniel, Musophilus
surcharge meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
surcharge in Hindi
- addition of extra charge
- अधिभार adhibhār
surcharge in Tamil
- தண்டக் கட்டணம், மடக்குவரி, மேல்வரி, உபரி வரி, கூடுதல் கட்டணம்
surcharge in Marathi
- अधिभार, अधिशुल्क, अधिभारण
surcharge in Urdu
- سرچارج, سرچارجنگ
More languagesFewer languages
- surcharge in Telugu
- సర్చార్జింగ్
- surcharge in Malayalam
- സർചാർജ്, സർചാർജിങ്
- surcharge in Kannada
- ಮೇಲುಕರ, ಮೇಲಿನ ತೆರಿಗೆ, ಮೇಲ್ತೆರಿಗೆ, ದಂಡತೆರಿಗೆ
- surcharge in Punjabi
- ਸਰਚਾਰਜ, ਸਰਚਾਰਜਿੰਗ, ਸਰਚਾਰਜ ਤੱਕ
- surcharge in Gujarati
- સરચાર્જ, અધિભાર
- surcharge in Sanskrit
- वर्धन várdhana
- surcharge in Nepali
- अधिभार, अधिशुल्क, अधिभारण
- surcharge in Indonesian
- tuslah
Examples of surcharge in a sentence
- The threat was soon fulfilled; the evening came on, prematurely darkened by clouds that seemed surcharged with a deluge.1820, [Charles Robert Maturin], Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Company, and Hurst...
- The first, on January 1, 1883, was attributed to the overlay becoming surcharged with water, due to insufficient drainage, and causing a slip.1943 March and April, “A British Avalanche Shelter”, in Railway Magazine, page 80:
Antonyms of surcharge
Forms of surcharge
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | surcharges |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | surcharges |
| present participle | surcharging |
| past participle | surcharged |
| past | surcharged |
Origin of surcharge
From Middle French surcharge, from Old French. By surface analysis, sur- + charge. Piecewise doublet of supercharge.
Words formed from surcharge
Questions about surcharge
- What does surcharge mean?
- Surcharge means an addition of extra charge on the agreed, stated, or baseline price. Sometimes portrayed by a buyer as excessive and rapacious; usually portrayed by a seller as justified and necessary.
- What is surcharge in Hindi?
- Surcharge in Hindi is अधिभार (adhibhār). See Surcharge meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use surcharge in a sentence?
- The threat was soon fulfilled; the evening came on, prematurely darkened by clouds that seemed surcharged with a deluge.
- What part of speech is surcharge?
- Surcharge can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce surcharge?
- Surcharge is pronounced /ˈsɜːt͡ʃɑːd͡ʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of surcharge?
- The plural of surcharge is surcharges.
Words near surcharge in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: surcharge (page history and authors); surcharge (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); surcharge (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surcharge (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surcharge (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surcharge (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surcharge (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); surcharge (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surcharge (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); वर्धन (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); surcharge (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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