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surcharge   (TTS Sound)

The noun surcharge has 1 sense

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

The verb surcharge has 7 senses

• surcharge -- (charge an extra fee, as for a special service)


• overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook -- (rip off; ask an unreasonable price)


• surcharge -- (fill to capacity with people; "The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards")


• surcharge -- (print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote)


• surcharge -- (fill to an excessive degree; "The air was surcharged with tension")


• overload, surcharge, overcharge -- (place too much a load on; "don't overload the car")


• surcharge -- (show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given)