Definitions for Surcharge
ˈsɜrˌtʃɑrdʒ; sɜrˈtʃɑrdʒ, ˈsɜrˌtʃɑrdʒsur·charge

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. surchargeverb

   an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)

2. surchargeverb

   charge an extra fee, as for a special service

3. overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hookverb

   rip off; ask an unreasonable price

4. surchargeverb

   fill to capacity with people

   "The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards"

5. surchargeverb

   print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote

6. surchargeverb

   fill to an excessive degree

   "The air was surcharged with tension"

7. overload, surcharge, overchargeverb

   place too much a load on

   "don't overload the car"

8. surchargeverb

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. surchargenoun

   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.

2. surchargenoun

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

3. surchargenoun

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

4. surchargenoun

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

5. surchargenoun

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

6. surchargeverb

   To apply a surcharge.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surchargenoun

   Overburthen; more than can be well born.

   Etymology: surcharge, French; from the verb.

   The air, after receiving a charge, doth not receive a surcharge, or greater charge, with like appetite as it doth the first. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   An object of surcharge or excess destroyeth the sense; as the light of the sun, the eye; a violent sound near the ear, the hearing. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   The moralists make this raging of a lion to be a surcharge of one madness upon another. Roger L'Estrange.

2. To Surchargeverb

   To overload; to overburthen.

   Etymology: surcharger, French.

   They put upon every portion of land a reasonable rent, which they called Romescot, the which might not surcharge the tenant or freeholder. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

   Tamas was returned to Tauris, in hope to have suddenly surprised his enemy, surcharged with the pleasures of so rich a city. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.

   More remov’d,
   Lest heav’n surcharg’d with potent multitude,
   Might hap to move new broils. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   He ceas’d, discerning Adam with such joy
   Surcharg’d, as had, like grief, been dew’d in tears
   Without the vent of words. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   When graceful sorrow in her pomp appears,
   Sure she is dress’d in Melesinda’s tears:
   Your head reclin’d, as hiding grief from view,
   Droops like a rose surcharg’d with morning dew. Dryden.

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1. surcharge

   A surcharge is an additional fee, charge or tax that is added onto the cost of a good or service, typically to cover a specific expense or extra costs incurred by the provider.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surchargeverb

   to overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon

2. Surchargeverb

   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

3. Surchargeverb

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

4. Surchargenoun

   an overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne

5. Surchargenoun

   the putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to

6. Surchargenoun

   the showing an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given

7. Etymology: [F.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surcharge

   Prior to 2000 in the United Kingdom a public servant, for example a local government officer, who had unlawfully spent public funds, or caused loss to a public authority through misconduct could be surcharged to recover public money. The surcharge was applied, after referral to a court by the Audit Commission. In the case of an illegal corporate decision by an elected body all the councillors could be surcharged. Councillors from Lambeth and Liverpool who were involved in the Rate-capping rebellion in 1985 were surcharged. Councillors in the Clay Cross Housing Finance Act dispute were surcharged £685 for refusing to increase housing rent. The Committee on Standards in Public Life recommended repealing surcharge because it was unfair for local government officers and "bore no relation to people's ability to pay or their culpability". The Local Government Finance Act removed the ability of the Audit Commission or Secretary or State to recover financial losses from individuals. Instead they would be subject to normal sanctions determined by the Standards Board and Adjudication Panel. Following the Tribunal Review such sanctions are now dealt with by the General Regulatory Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surcharge

   sur-chärj′, v.t. to overcharge or overload.—n. an excessive load: an overcharge: an extra charge: a painting in lighter enamel over a darker which serves as the ground.—adj. Surcharged′, overloaded.—n. Surcharge′ment.

Matched Categories

1. • Charge
   • Cheat
   • Fill
   • Load
   • Overcrowd
   • Overprint
   • Show

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Surcharge in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Surcharge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Surcharge in a Sentence

1. Wild Wings:

   I probably would think twice about going back to that place if they were adding a surcharge.

2. British Finance Minister George Osborne:

   But to maintain a fair contribution from the banks, I will introduce a new eight percent surcharge on bank profits from the first of January next year.

3. Roger Horowitz:

   By and large kosher certified spaghetti sauce, take that example, there is no price difference from the non-kosher spaghetti sauce, instead, in the meat area, you're paying a penalty, a surcharge for the Jewish religious requirements.

4. Akbar Al Baker:

   As far as the fuel price reduction is concerned, there will be no reduction in the ticket fare, but there will be a reduction in the fuel surcharge that we were charging.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Surcharge
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Surcharge
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Surcharge
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Surcharge
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Surcharge
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Surcharge