Definition of Surcharge

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Surcharge

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

A charge over the usual or legal rates.

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.

To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.

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.

To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.

An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.

The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to.

The showing an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given.

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Surcharge Translations

surcharge in German is Aufpreis {m}, Zuschlag {m}
surcharge in Spanish is sobrecarga

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