surcharge
['sә:tʃɑ:dʒ]
n. 装, 超, 追款, 附税

vt. 使装, 追款, 附税

[] 超, 附费, 附税



surcharge
[ noun ]

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

<noun.possession>

[ verb ]

1. charge an extra fee, as for a special service

<verb.possession>

2. rip off; ask an unreasonable price

<verb.possession> fleece gazump hook overcharge pluck plume rob soak

3. fill to capacity with people

<verb.motion>
The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards

4. print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote

<verb.creation>

5. fill to an excessive degree

<verb.contact>
The air was surcharged with tension

6. place too much a load on

<verb.contact> overcharge overload
don't overload the car

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

<verb.communication>

Surcharge \Sur*charge"\, n. [F.]
1. An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater
than can well be borne.

A numerous nobility causeth poverty and
inconvenience in a state, for it is surcharge of
expense. --Bacon.

2. (Law)
(a) The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the
common than he has a right to.
(b) (Equity) The showing an omission, as in an account,
for which credit ought to have been given. --Burrill.

3. (Railroads) A charge over the usual or legal rates.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4. 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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]


Surcharge \Sur*charge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surcharged}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Surcharging}.] [F. surcharger. See {Sur-}, and
{Charge}, and cf. {Overcharge}, {Supercharge}, {Supercargo}.]
1. 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. --Spenser.

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

2. (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. --Story. Daniel.

3. To print or write a surcharge on (a postage stamp).
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]