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noun
An addition of extra charge on the agreed, stated, or baseline price.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The part of the price of a subsidized good or service that is not covered by the subsidy and so must be paid by the consumer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An excessive price charged e.g. to an unsuspecting customer.
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noun
An overprint on a stamp that alters (usually raises) the original nominal value of the stamp; used especially in times of hyperinflation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately
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noun
A painting in lighter enamel over a darker one that serves as the ground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: art, arts
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noun
A charge that has been omitted from an account as payment of a credit to the charged party
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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noun
A penalty for failure to exercise common prudence and skill in the performance of a fiduciary's duties.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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noun
An excessive load or burden.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
The putting, by a commoner, of more animals on the common than he is entitled to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: law
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verb
To apply a surcharge.
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verb
To overload; to overburden.
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verb
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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verb
To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.
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noun
an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: charge
Narrower terms: single supplement
verb
show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: show
verb
place too much a load on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: overload, overcharge
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Broader terms: load, lade, laden, load up
verb
fill to an excessive degree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fill, fill up, make full
verb
print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: overprint, print over
verb
fill to capacity with people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: overcrowd
verb
rip off; ask an unreasonable price
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: overcharge, soak, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
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Broader terms: cheat, rip off, chisel
Narrower terms: extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
verb
charge an extra fee, as for a special service
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: charge, bill
History
From Middle French surcharge, from Old French. By surface analysis, sur- + charge. Doublet of supercharge.
Across languages
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
