surcharge
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- An addition of extra charge on the agreed, stated, or baseline price.
- 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.
- An excessive price charged e.g. to an unsuspecting customer.
- An overprint on a stamp that alters (usually raises) the original nominal value of the stamp; used especially in times of hyperinflation.
- A painting in lighter enamel over a darker one that serves as the ground.
- A charge that has been omitted from an account as payment of a credit to the charged party
- A penalty for failure to exercise common prudence and skill in the performance of a fiduciary's duties.
- An excessive load or burden.
- The putting, by a commoner, of more animals on the common than he is entitled to.
Verb
- To apply a surcharge.
- To overload; to overburden.
- 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.
- To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.
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