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Definition: Surcharge |
SurchargeNoun1. An additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill). Verb1. Charge an extra fee, as for a special service. 2. Rip off; ask an unreasonable price. 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. 7. Show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "surcharge" was first used: 1429. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | The volume or space in a reservoir between the retention water level and the maximum water level. Flood surcharge cannot be retained in the reservoir but will flow over the spillway until retention water level is reached. The term "Wet freeboard" for describing the depth of flood surcharge is not recommended(see Freeboard). Source: European Union. (references) |
| This is the storage capacity used to protect the structure against floods greater in magnitude than the capacity of the regular outlet works and control spillways. This storage capacity is in addition to conservation storage in the case of irrigation structures, and is in addition to the flood control storage space in multiple-purpose structures. This surcharge storage space is available only for temporary uncontrolled flood storage but is not counted in the reservoir capacity. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Business | A temporary increase in customs and import-related duties, used to discourage imports with a view to correcting a short-term balance of payments deficit. Source: European Union. (references) |
Economics | A charge or tax above the usual or customary charge. (references) |
Finance | A simplified form of tax increase, expressed as a percentage of the normal amount of tax payable. Source: European Union. (references) |
| An additional charge imposed for a specific service, product or purpose. (references) | |
Food & Agriculture | An additional tax or cost. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. Any load including earth that is supported above the level of the top of a retaining wall. See also:relieving platform; active earth pressure b. The algebraic sum of the losses and gains of a cornet of gold duringcupellation and solution. (references) |
Post & Telecom | Directory listing. Source: European Union. (references) |
Shipping | An extra or additional charge. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SurchargeSynonyms: fleece (v), gazump (v), hook (v), overcharge (v), overload (v), pluck (v), plume (v), rob (v), soak (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: undercharge (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Accounts | Bring to book, tax, surcharge and falsify. |
Redundancy | Verb: superabound, overabound; know no bounds, swarm; meet one at every turn; creep with, crawl with, bristle with; overflow; run over, flow over, well over, brim over; run riot; overrun, overstock, overlay, overcharge, overdose, overfeed, overburden, overload, overdo, overwhelm, overshoot the mark; (go beyond); surcharge, supersaturate, gorge, glut, load, drench, whelm, inundate, deluge, flood; drug, drug the market; hepatize. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Surcharge |
| English words defined with "surcharge": single supplement, Surcharged, Surchargement, Surcharging. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "surcharge": CHEMIST, INSTRUMENTATION, customer access line charge ♦ ENERGY RESOURCES PROGRAM ACCOUNT ♦ flood surcharge ♦ Live Capacity ♦ Normal Water Surface Elevation ♦ Total Gross Reservoir Capacity. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "surcharge": Surchargement. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Surcharge" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (overcharge, overcharges, overcrowding, overload, overloading, overprint, surcharge). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | When the earth is suffering from a surcharge, there are mysterious moanings from the deeps which the heavens hear. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | It will also be exempt from the S$10,000 used-car registration surcharge. (references) | |
An import surcharge of 7 percent was introduced in June 1999 on most imports including vehicles. (references) | ||
However, there is an additional three percent fund surcharge (KKDF) applied to imports in all term payments. (references) | ||
Economic History | Colombia | Additionally, the government recently introduced a FOB 1.2 percent surcharge to cover costs of Customs services. (references) |
Sri Lanka | The Government also imposed an import duty surcharge to curb imports, which was still in effect as of July 2001. (references) | |
India | On the other hand, the government has imposed "additional" import duties of 5% on most products plus a surcharge of 10% over the past 2 years. (references) | |
Political Economy | NIGERIA | In addition, all goods are assessed a one-percent surcharge to cover the cost of inspection. (references) |
HUNGARY | In 1997, Hungary eliminated an import surcharge imposed as part of the March 1995 austerity package. (references) | |
COLOMBIA | It grants equal treatment to foreign companies on a reciprocal basis and eliminates the 20 percent surcharge previously added to foreign bids. (references) | |
Trade | Costa Rica | Surcharge (Law 6966): Levied on the CIF value only; one percent of CIF. (references) |
Venezuela | Automobiles carry a duty of 35 percent, and motor oil bears a surcharge of 60 Bolivars per kilogram. (references) | |
Costa Rica | A one-percent surcharge is imposed on most imports, except medicines and raw materials for human consumption and industry. (references) | |
Travel | Taiwan | A surcharge of NT$10 is applicable on such calls. (references) |
Taiwan | A 50 percent surcharge is added to the meter fare. (references) | |
Taiwan | A 20 percent nighttime surcharge is added between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. as well. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Surcharge" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.47% of the time. "Surcharge" is used about 93 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 92.47% | 86 | 35,638 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 5.38% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.08% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.08% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 93 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "surcharge": flood surcharge ♦ heating surcharge ♦ import surcharge ♦ surcharge and falsify ♦ surcharge with ♦ tax surcharge. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "surcharge": no-surcharge. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "surcharge"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shtesë çmimi, mbishpenzime, mbingarkesë (overburden, overcharge, overfreight, overload). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فرض ضريبة إضافية (surtax), عبء ثقيل (imposition, millstone, tax), طبعة فوقية على طابع بريدي, ضريبة إضافية (surtax), أثقل (burden, charge, clog, cumber, encumber, lie, overburden, soak, weigh down), دفع زيادة, دفع اضافي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | свръхнатоварване, глобявам (amerce, assess, fine, mulct), глоба (amercement, fine, forfeit, mulct, penalty), начитам, преразход (waste), претоварване (overcharge, overfreight), претоварвам (drive, force, load, overburden, overcharge, overload, overtax, overweight, supercharge, weigh down, weight), презареждане (overcharge), презареждам (overcharge, recharge), печат (cachet, impress, press, print, seal, signet, stamp), допълнителен товар. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 额外费. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | přirážka (additional charge, overcharge), přetížit (overburden, overload, overtax, strain), předražení (overcharge), přecenit (overestimate, overrate, overvalue), příplatek (excess fare, supplement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sikkerhedskapacitet, tillægsgebyr (supplementary fee, surtax), tillægsbetaling, pristillaeg (price supplement), prisforhoejelse (price supplement), importafgift (import surcharge, levy), fragttillaeg, flommagasin (flood surcharge), ekstraskat (additional percentage tax, tax surcharge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verhoging (height, platform, stage), toeslag (addition, adjudication), prijstoeslag (price supplement), opcenten (additional percentage tax, tax surcharge), omslagpremie, hoogwaterpeil (flood surcharge), extrabelasting (supplementary fee, surtax), extra bekken voor hoogwaterbeheersing, boete (fine), aanvullende heffing bij invoer (import surcharge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نرخ اضافی مالیات اضافی , تحمیل کردن زیادپرکردن , زیادستاندن (Extort), زیادبارکردن (Overlay, Overload), جریمه (Fine, Penalty), اضافه کردن (Add, Aggravate), اضافه بها. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | varmuusvara, tulvavara (flood surcharge), lisävero (additional tax, surtax), lisämaksu (additional charge, excess fare). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | surtaxe (surtax), surcharge. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zuschlag (acceptance of a bid, acceptance of bid, addition, award of contract, extra charge, premium, supplement), Aufpreis (additional charge, extra charge), Preisaufschlag (mark up), aufschlag (crash, cuff, extra charge, facing, impact, lapel, markup, percussion, serve, service). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συμπληρωματικό τέλος (supplementary fee, surtax), συμπλήρωμα τιμής (price supplement), πρόσθετη επιβάρυνση, πρόσθετη τιμολόγηση, πρόσθετος φόρος (additional percentage tax, tax surcharge), πρόσθετος δασμός επί των εισαγωγών (import surcharge), πρόσθετο τέλος, προσαύξηση (accretion, increment), υπερφορτώνω (overload), υπερτιμώ (overestimate, overrate), υδατοχωρητικότης ασφαλείας, επιβάρυνση (charge, encumbrance), ανύψωση στάθμης κατά την παροχέτευση πλημμύρας (flood surcharge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תשלום וסף, חיוב וסף. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | túlterhelés (overburden, overcharge, overload, overwork), pótilleték, pótdíj (surtax). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | biaya tambahan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sovrapprezzo (overcharge), sovraccarico (overcharge, overladen, overload, overloading, overweight, overweighted, thrashing), soprattassa (supertax, surtax). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ゴルフ (ace, circle, circlet, circlip, circuit, circuit breaker, circuit training, circular fluorescent lamp, circular skirt, circulation, circulator, circumscribe, circumscription, circus, club, Gauloise, golf course, golf links, gondola, gong, goods or services without charge, grounder, saber, sabre, sabre-toothed tiger, sardine, sardonyx, search, searcher, searchlight, serge, sergeant, servant, serve, serve point, server, service, service area, service car, service girl, service room, service station, service yard, snap ring, sports club, support system, surf cast, surf casting, surf rider, surf roller, surf ski, surf trolling, surfboard, surfer, surfing, surge, surveillance, survey, Surveyor, third, thirty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | サーチャージ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | "가"금. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cur cost elley er. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urchargesay taxa suplementar (overfreight), sobretaxa (extra, overfreight, supertax), sobrecarga (encumbrance, overburden, overcharge, overfreight, overweight, supercargo). (various references) surplus (carry over, excess, gash, overplus, overspill, redundance, redundancy, surplus), suprataxã (excess fare, supertax, surtax), supraalimenta (overfeed), supraîncãrcare (overdraft), supraîncãrca (overburden, overcharge, overdraw), majorare de impozit, majora un impozit, cere suprataxã pentru. (various references) штраф (fine, fines, mulct, penalties, penalty, vindictive damages), перерасход (overexpenditure, overrun), перегрузка (congestion, overburden, overdrive, overfreight, overload, overwork, transshipment). (various references) preopterećenje (overcharge, overload). (various references) sobrecarga (levy, loading, overburden, overcharge, overfreight, overload, overprint), sobretasa (levy, supertax, surtax). (various references) tilläggsporto, tilläggsavgift (supplementary fee, surtax), påtryck. (various references) เก็บเงินเพิ่ม, พิมพ์เปลี่ยนค่า"วงตราไปรษ"ีย์, บรรทุกเกิน, การเก็บเงินเพิ่ม, การเกินน้ำหนักบรรทุก, การพิมพ์เปลี่ยนค่า"วงตราไปรษ"ีย์. (various references) sürşarj basmak, sürşarj, yeni fiyat basmak, yeni fiyat basma, fazla yüklemek (overburden, overcharge, overlay, overload, supercharge), fazla yükleme (overcharge, overloading), fazla vergi yüklemek, fazla vergi, fazla talep, fazla istemek, fazla doldurmak (engorge, overfill, overload, overstock), ağır yük (incubus). (various references) вимагати надто високу ціну, брати додаткову плату, перевантажувати (congest, overburden, overcharge, overload, overweight, pad, reload, supercharge, tranship, transship), перевантаження (overburden, overcharge, overfreight, overload, overwork), доплата (over), додатковий податок. (various references) phần chất thêm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old French | 900-1400 | sur-. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "surcharge": surcharged, surcharges. (additional references) | |
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"Surcharge" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Zurcher. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "surcharge" (pronounced serkhÄ"rj or ser"khÄ'rj) |
| 5 | -er kh Ä" r j | Supercharge. |
| 4 | -kh Ä" r j | charge, discharge, mischarge, recharge. |
| 3 | -Ä" r j | barge, enlarge, large, Marge, Sarge. |
| 4 | -kh Ä' r j | countercharge, overcharge. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-h-r-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: chargers, curraghs. | |
-2 letters: archers, arguers, charger, charges, crasher, crusher, curaghs, curares, curragh, gaucher. | |
-3 letters: archer, arches, arguer, argues, augers, cagers, carers, causer, cesura, chares, charge, charrs, chaser, churrs, curagh, curare, curers, curser, eschar, gasher, gauche, gerahs, graces, gusher, racers, rasher, rasure, recurs, ruches, rusher, saucer, sauger, scarer, search, sharer, surger, urares, urgers. | |
-4 letters: aches. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-h-r-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: surcharged, surcharges. | |
+2 letters: supercharge. | |
+3 letters: repurchasing, supercharged, supercharger, supercharges, undercharges. | |
+4 letters: prepurchasing, superchargers, supercharging, supergraphics, turbochargers. | |
+5 letters: braunschweiger, countercharges, thoroughbraces. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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