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Word: surcharge (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • An addition of extra charge on the agreed or stated price.
  • An excessive price charged e.g. from an unsuspecting customer.
  • legal A charge that has been omitted from an account as payment of a credit to the charged party.
  • legal A penalty for failure to exercise common prudence and skill in the performance of a fiduciary's duties.
  • philately An overprint on a stamp that alters (usually raises) the original nominal value of the stamp; used especially in times of hyperinflation.

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Verb:

  • To apply a '''surcharge'''.

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