surcharge

See also surchargé

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From sur- +‎ charge

Noun

surcharge (plural surcharges)

1. An addition of extra charge on the agreed or stated price.

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

2. An excessive price charged e.g. to an unsuspecting customer.
3. (philately) An overprint on a stamp that alters (usually raises) the original nominal value of the stamp; used especially in times of hyperinflation.
4. (law) A charge that has been omitted from an account as payment of a credit to the charged party.

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5. (law) A penalty for failure to exercise common prudence and skill in the performance of a fiduciary's duties.
6. (obsolete) An excessive load or burden.
   • Francis Bacon

     A numerous nobility causeth poverty and inconvenience in a state, for it is surcharge of expense.

7. (law, obsolete) The putting, by a commoner, of more animals on the common than he is entitled to.

Translations

addition of extra charge

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 附加費 (cmn), 附加费 (cmn) (fùjiāfèi)

• Danish: overpris (da)
• Finnish: lisämaksu (fi)
• French: surcharge (fr) f
• German: Aufpreis (de) m

• Japanese: サーチャージ (ja) (sāchāji)
• Russian: дополнительный сбор (ru) (dopolnítel'nyj sbor) m, доплата (ru) (dopláta) f
• Scottish Gaelic: for-chìs (gd) f
• Spanish: sobrecarga (es) f
• Swedish: påslag (sv)
• Turkish: zam (tr)

excessive price

• Danish: overpris (da)
• Finnish: ylihinta (fi)

• Spanish: sobreprecio (es) f
• Swedish: överpris (sv)

philately: overprint

• Danish: overtryk (da)
• Finnish: lisäpainama (fi)

• Russian: надпечатка (ru) (nadpečátka) f
• Spanish: sobrecarga (es) f

law: charge omitted from an account as payment

• Finnish: kuittaus (fi)

law: penalty for failure to exercise common prudence as fiduciary

• Russian: пеня (ru) (penjá) f

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: toeslag
• Italian: sovrattassa
• Spanish: sobretasa, recargo

See also

• surtax
• surcharged

Verb

surcharge (third-person singular simple present surcharges, present participle surcharging, simple past and past participle surcharged)

1. To apply a surcharge.

Antonyms

• discount

Translations

to apply a surcharge

• Finnish: periä lisämaksu, veloittaa lisämaksu
• German: mit einem Aufpreis versehen

• Spanish: sobretasar, supertasar, recargar

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French

Verb

surcharge

1. first-person singular present indicative of surcharger
2. third-person singular present indicative of surcharger
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of surcharger
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of surcharger
5. second-person singular imperative of surcharger