Surcharge

['sɜːtʃɑːdʒ] or ['sɝtʃɑrdʒ]

Definition

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

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

(verb.) fill to an excessive degree; 'The air was surcharged with tension'.

(verb.) print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote.

(verb.) fill to capacity with people; 'The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards'.

(verb.) charge an extra fee, as for a special service.

Inputed by Antonia--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.

(n.) An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.

(n.) The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to.

(n.) The showing an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given.

Inputed by Annie

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Overload, overburden, overcharge.

Typist: Thaddeus

Definition

v.t. to overcharge or overload.—n. an excessive load: an overcharge: an extra charge: a painting in lighter enamel over a darker which serves as the ground.—adj. Surcharged′ overloaded.—n. Surcharge′ment.

Editor: Tamara