| surcharge | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. surcharge | an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill). |
| ~ charge | the price charged for some article or service.; "the admission charge" |
| ~ single supplement | a surcharge added to the cost per person when traveling alone. |
| v. (possession) | 2. surcharge | charge an extra fee, as for a special service. |
| ~ bill, charge | demand payment.; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights" |
| v. (possession) | 3. fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge | rip off; ask an unreasonable price. |
| ~ extort, gouge, wring, rack, squeeze | obtain by coercion or intimidation.; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" |
| ~ bill, charge | demand payment.; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights" |
| ~ cheat, rip off, chisel | deprive somebody of something by deceit.; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" |
| v. (motion) | 4. surcharge | fill to capacity with people.; "The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards" |
| ~ overcrowd | cause to crowd together too much.; "The students overcrowded the cafeteria" |
| v. (creation) | 5. surcharge | print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote. |
| ~ overprint, print over | print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper. |
| v. (contact) | 6. surcharge | fill to an excessive degree.; "The air was surcharged with tension" |
| ~ fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense.; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" |
| v. (contact) | 7. overcharge, overload, surcharge | place too much a load on.; "don't overload the car" |
| ~ load, load up, lade, laden | fill or place a load on.; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay" |
| v. (communication) | 8. surcharge | show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given. |
| ~ show | give evidence of, as of records.; "The diary shows his distress that evening" |
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