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surcharge

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an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)(noun.possession)

source: wordnet30
An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.(noun)

source: webster1913
A charge over the usual or legal rates.(noun)

source: webster1913

charge an extra fee, as for a special service(verb.possession)

source: wordnet30
rip off; ask an unreasonable price(verb.possession)

Synonym:
fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak
Antonym:
undercharge

source: wordnet30
fill to capacity with people(verb.motion)

Example:
The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards.

source: wordnet30
print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote(verb.creation)

source: wordnet30
fill to an excessive degree(verb.contact)

Example:
The air was surcharged with tension.

source: wordnet30
place too much a load on(verb.contact)

Synonym:
overcharge, overload

source: wordnet30
show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given(verb.communication)

source: wordnet30
To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.(verb)

source: webster1913
To print or write a surcharge on (a postage stamp).(verb)

source: webster1913

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