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verb

Surcharge v. t. (past & past part. surcharged; pres. part. surcharging)

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." "Your head reclined, as hiding grief from view, Droops like a rose surcharged with morning dew."

(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.

To print or write a surcharge on (a postage stamp).

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Etymology of 'Surcharge'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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Words linked to "Surcharge" : print over, gazump, squeeze, gouge, fill up, extort, load up, rip off, show, cheat, single supplement, plume, overcrowd, bill, pluck, overcharge