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surcharge |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Surcharge \Sur*charge"\, v. t. To print or write a surcharge on (a postage stamp). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Surcharge \Sur*charge"\, n. [F.] 1. (Railroads) A charge over the usual or legal rates. 2. Something printed or written on a postage stamp to give it a new legal effect, as a new valuation, a place a date, etc.; also (Colloq.), a stamp with a surcharge. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Surcharge \Sur*charge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surcharged}; p. pr & vb n. {Surcharging}.] [F. surcharger. See {Sur-}, and {Charge}, and cf {Overcharge}, {Supercharge}, {Supercargo}.] 1. To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon. Four charged two and two surcharged one --Spenser. Your head reclined, as hiding grief from view, Droops like a rose surcharged with morning dew. --Dryden. 2. (Law) a To overstock; especially, to put more cattle into as a common, than the person has a right to do or more than the herbage will sustain. Blackstone. b (Equity) To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given --Story. Daniel. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Surcharge \Sur*charge"\, n. [F.] 1. An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne. A numerous nobility causeth poverty and inconvenience in a state, for it is surcharge of expense. --Bacon. 2. (Law) a The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to b (Equity) The showing an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given --Burrill. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: surcharge n : an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill) v 1: charge an extra fee, as for a special service 2: rip off ask an unreasonable price [syn: {overcharge}, {soak}, {gazump}, {fleece}, {plume}, {pluck}, {rob}, {hook}] [ant: {undercharge}] 3: fill to capacity with people; "The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards" 4: print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote 5: fill to an excessive degree; "The air was surcharged with tension" 6: place too much a load on [syn: {overload}, {overcharge}] 7: show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given
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