Definition

1. Noun:

   • An additional charge or fee: A sum of money added to the usual cost, often as a penalty or for a specific service.
   • An excessive load or burden: A load that is beyond the normal or safe capacity.

2. Verb:

   • To charge an extra fee: To impose an additional cost on someone.
   • To overload or overfill: To put too great a load, burden, or amount into something.
   • To mark with a new denomination: To print a new value on a postage stamp or banknote.
   • To show an omission in an account: To indicate that credit should have been given for something not previously recorded.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • There is a 5% surcharge for payments made by credit card.
  • The bridge collapsed due to a surcharge of heavy trucks.

• Verb:

  • The bank will surcharge your account for using an out-of-network ATM.
  • Do not surcharge the truck beyond its weight limit.
  • The postal service surcharged the old stamps with a new value.
  • The auditor surcharged the official for unaccounted expenses.

Advanced Usage

• "To be surcharged with": To be filled or overloaded with something, often an abstract quality.
  • The atmosphere was surcharged with emotion during the farewell speech.

Variants and Related Words

• Overcharge (verb): To charge too high a price.
• Surcharging (noun): The act or practice of imposing a surcharge.

Synonyms

• Noun: Extra fee, additional charge, penalty, premium, overload.
• Verb: Overcharge, overload, overburden, overfill, penalize.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: "Surcharge" is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. The actions are typically expressed by the verb itself or with prepositions like "for" (e.g., surcharge for a service).

Related Idioms

Note: There are no common idioms that centrally feature the word "surcharge."

Noun

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

Verb

1. show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given
2. place too much a load on
   • don't overload the car
3. fill to an excessive degree
   • The air was surcharged with tension
4. print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote
5. fill to capacity with people
   • The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards
6. rip off; ask an unreasonable price
7. charge an extra fee, as for a special service