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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SURCH`ARGE, v.t.
1. To overload; to overburden; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.
Your head reclin'd,as hiding grief from view,
Droops like a rose surcharg'd with morning dew.
2. In law, to overstock; to put more cattle into a common than the person has a right to do, or more than the herbage will sustain.
SURCH`ARGE, n. An excessive load or burden; a load greater than can be well borne.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill) v
1: charge an extra fee, as for a special service
2: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook] [ant: undercharge]
3: fill to capacity with people; "The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards"
4: print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote
5: fill to an excessive degree; "The air was surcharged with tension"
6: place too much a load on; "don't overload the car" [syn: overload, surcharge, overcharge]
7: show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French surcharger, from sur- + charger to load, charge — more at charge Date: 15th century 1. a. overcharge b. to charge an extra fee c. to show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given 2. British overstock 3. to fill or load to excess <the atmosphere…was surcharged with war hysteria — H. A. Chippendale> 4. a. to mark a surcharge on (a stamp) b. overprint <surcharge a banknote> II. noun Date: 15th century 1. a. an additional tax, cost, or impost b. an extra fare <a sleeping car surcharge> c. an instance of surcharging an account 2. an excessive load or burden 3. the action of surcharging ; the state of being surcharged 4. a. (1) an overprint on a stamp; specifically one that alters the denomination (2) a stamp bearing such an overprint b. an overprint on a currency note

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 an additional charge or payment. 2 a charge made by assessors as a penalty for false returns of taxable property. 3 a mark printed on a postage stamp changing its value. 4 an additional or excessive load. 5 Brit. an amount in an official account not passed by the auditor and having to be refunded by the person responsible. 6 the showing of an omission in an account for which credit should have been given. --v.tr. 1 exact a surcharge from. 2 exact (a sum) as a surcharge. 3 mark (a postage stamp) with a surcharge. 4 overload. 5 fill or saturate to excess. Etymology: ME f. OF surcharger (as SUR-(1), CHARGE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Surcharge Sur*charge", v. t. To print or write a surcharge on (a postage stamp).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Surcharge Sur*charge", n. [F.] 1. (Railroads) A charge over the usual or legal rates. 2. Something printed or written on a postage stamp to give it a new legal effect, as a new valuation, a place, a date, etc.; also (Colloq.), a stamp with a surcharge.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Surcharge Sur*charge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surcharged; p. pr. & vb. n. Surcharging.] [F. surcharger. See Sur-, and Charge, and cf. Overcharge, Supercharge, Supercargo.] 1. To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon. Four charged two, and two surcharged one. --Spenser. Your head reclined, as hiding grief from view, Droops like a rose surcharged with morning dew. --Dryden. 2. (Law) (a) To overstock; especially, to put more cattle into, as a common, than the person has a right to do, or more than the herbage will sustain. Blackstone. (b) (Equity) To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given. --Story. Daniel.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Surcharge Sur*charge", n. [F.] 1. An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne. A numerous nobility causeth poverty and inconvenience in a state, for it is surcharge of expense. --Bacon. 2. (Law) (a) The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to. (b) (Equity) The showing an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given. --Burrill.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(surcharges) A surcharge is an extra payment of money in addition to the usual payment for something. It is added for a specific reason, for example by a company because costs have risen or by a government as a tax. The prices of overseas holidays are subject to surcharges. N-COUNT: oft N on/for n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Overload, overburden, overcharge.

Moby Thesaurus

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