Associations to the word «Surcharge»

SURCHARGE, noun. An addition of extra charge on the agreed or stated price.

SURCHARGE, noun. An excessive price charged e.g. to an unsuspecting customer.

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

SURCHARGE, noun. (legal) A charge that has been omitted from an account as payment of a credit to the charged party.

SURCHARGE, noun. (legal) A penalty for failure to exercise common prudence and skill in the performance of a fiduciary's duties.

SURCHARGE, noun. (obsolete) An excessive load or burden.

SURCHARGE, noun. (legal) (obsolete) The putting, by a commoner, of more animals on the common than he is entitled to.

SURCHARGE, verb. To apply a surcharge.

SURCHARGE, verb. To overload; to overburden.

SURCHARGE, verb. (legal) 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.

SURCHARGE, verb. To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.

SURCHARGE, noun. An additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill).

SURCHARGE, verb. Charge an extra fee, as for a special service.

SURCHARGE, verb. Rip off; ask an unreasonable price.

SURCHARGE, verb. Fill to capacity with people; "The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards".

SURCHARGE, verb. Print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote.

SURCHARGE, verb. Fill to an excessive degree; "The air was surcharged with tension".

SURCHARGE, verb. Place too much a load on; "don't overload the car".

SURCHARGE, verb. Show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.