surchargement

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

surcharge +‎ -ment

Noun[edit]

surchargement (countable and uncountable, plural surchargements)

  1. (obsolete) The act of surcharging; a surcharge or surplus.
    • 1612, Samuel Danyel [i.e., Daniel], “The Second Booke of the Historie of England: The Life of William. I”, in The First Part of the Historie of England, London: […] Nicholas Okes, […], →OCLC, page 76:
      […] that continuall ſurchargement of people, as they were forced to vnburthen themſelues on other countries […]

References[edit]

“surchargement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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