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surcharge

The correct spelling is surcharge.

How to pronounce surcharge

/ˈsɜː(ɹ)t͡ʃɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒ/
noun

IPA: /ˈsɜː(ɹ)t͡ʃɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒ/

Say it like: Sur-cha-rje

The correct spelling is surcharge. An addition of extra charge on the agreed or stated price. For example: "Our airline tickets cost twenty dollars more than we expected because we had to pay a fuel surcharge."

Usage Examples

Our airline tickets cost twenty dollars more than we expected because we had to pay a fuel surcharge.

to surcharge an animal or a ship; to surcharge a cannon

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.An addition of extra charge on the agreed or stated price.
  2. 2.An excessive price charged e.g. to an unsuspecting customer.
  3. 3.An overprint on a stamp that alters (usually raises) the original nominal value of the stamp; used especially in times of hyperinflation.
  4. 4.A painting in lighter enamel over a darker one that serves as the ground.
  5. 5.A charge that has been omitted from an account as payment of a credit to the charged party.

verb

  1. 1.To apply a surcharge.
  2. 2.To overload; to overburden.
  3. 3.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.
  4. 4.To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.

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