Definition of surcharge

noun (n)

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

  source: wordnet30
• An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• A charge over the usual or legal rates. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• charge an extra fee, as for a special service (verb.possession)

  source: wordnet30
• rip off; ask an unreasonable price (verb.possession)

  Synonym: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak
  Antonym: undercharge
  

  source: wordnet30
• fill to capacity with people (verb.motion)

  Example:
  The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards.
  

  source: wordnet30
• print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote (verb.creation)

  source: wordnet30
• fill to an excessive degree (verb.contact)

  Example:
  The air was surcharged with tension.
  

  source: wordnet30
• place too much a load on (verb.contact)

  Synonym: overcharge, overload
  

  source: wordnet30
• show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given (verb.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To print or write a surcharge on (a postage stamp). (verb)

  source: webster1913

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