SURCHARGE
\sˈɜːt͡ʃɑːd͡ʒ], \sˈɜːtʃɑːdʒ], \s_ˈɜː_tʃ_ɑː_dʒ]\
Definitions of SURCHARGE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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rip off; ask an unreasonable price
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fill to an excessive degree; "The air was surcharged with tension"
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print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote
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fill to capacity with people; "The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards"
By Princeton University
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rip off; ask an unreasonable price
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fill to an excessive degree; "The air was surcharged with tension"
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print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote
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fill to capacity with people; "The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To print or write a surcharge on (a postage stamp).
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A charge over the usual or legal rates.
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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.
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To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.
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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.
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To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.
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An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.
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The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to.
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The showing an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given.
By Oddity Software
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To print or write a surcharge on (a postage stamp).
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A charge over the usual or legal rates.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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An excessive charge, load, or burden; a charge beyond what is just and right.
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To charge more than is due; overburden.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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