Surcharge
/ˈsɜː(ɹ)t͡ʃɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒ/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:15 ptsWWF:17 pts9 letters
Definition of Surcharge
noun
- 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."
- An excessive price charged e.g. to an unsuspecting customer.
- 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.
verb
- To apply a surcharge.
- To overload; to overburden.
"to surcharge an animal or a ship; to surcharge a cannon"
- 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.
- To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.
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discount