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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sur•charge /n. ˈsɜrˌtʃɑrdʒ; v. sɜrˈtʃɑrdʒ, ˈsɜrˌtʃɑrdʒ/USA pronunciation n., v., -charged, -charg•ing. n. [countable] - an additional charge, tax, or cost added on to the usual charge:a surcharge on imported oil.
v. [~ + object] - to force customers to pay an additional charge for.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sur•charge (n. sûr′chärj′;v. sûr chärj′, sûr′chärj′),USA pronunciation n., v., -charged, -charg•ing. n. - an additional charge, tax, or cost.
- an excessive sum or price charged.
- an additional or excessive load or burden.
- Stamps[Philately.]
- an overprint that alters or restates the face value or denomination of a stamp to which it has been applied.
- a stamp bearing such an overprint.
- act of surcharging.
v.t. - to subject to an additional or extra charge, tax, cost, etc. (for payment).
- to overcharge for goods.
- Businessto show an omission in (an account) of something that operates as a charge against the accounting party;
to omit a credit toward (an account). - Stamps[Philately.]to print a surcharge on (a stamp).
- to put an additional or excessive burden upon.
- Old French surcharger. See sur-1, charge
- late Middle English surchargen (verb, verbal) 1400–50
sur•charg′er, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: surcharge n /ˈsɜːˌtʃɑːdʒ/- a charge in addition to the usual payment, tax, etc
- an excessive sum charged, esp when unlawful
- an extra and usually excessive burden or supply
- an overprint that alters the face value of a postage stamp
vb /sɜːˈtʃɑːdʒ; ˈsɜːˌtʃɑːdʒ/(transitive)- to charge an additional sum, tax, etc
- to overcharge (a person) for something
- to put an extra physical burden upon; overload
- to fill to excess; overwhelm
- to insert credits that have been omitted in (an account)
- to overprint a surcharge on (a stamp)
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