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surcharge

DEFINITIONS OF: surcharge

1

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

Types:
single supplement
a surcharge added to the cost per person when traveling alone
Type of:
charge
the price charged for some article or service

v charge an extra fee, as for a special service

Type of:
bill, charge
demand payment

v rip off; ask an unreasonable price

Synonyms:
fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak
Antonyms:
undercharge
charge (someone) too little money
Types:
extort, gouge, rack, squeeze, wring
obtain by coercion or intimidation
bleed
get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone
Type of:
cheat, chisel, rip off
deprive somebody of something by deceit

v place too much a load on

Synonyms:
overcharge, overload
Type of:
lade, laden, load, load up
fill or place a load on

v fill to an excessive degree

“The air was surcharged with tension”
Type of:
fill, fill up, make full
make full, also in a metaphorical sense

v fill to capacity with people

“The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards”
Type of:
overcrowd
cause to crowd together too much

v print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote

Type of:
overprint, print over
print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper

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

Type of:
show
give evidence of, as of records
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