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Surcharge
Surcharge Sur*charge", v. t.
To print or write a surcharge on (a postage stamp).
Surcharge
Surcharge Sur*charge", n. [F.]
1. (Railroads) A charge over the usual or legal rates.
2. 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.
SurchargeSurcharge 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. Surcharge
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.
Meaning of Surcharge from wikipedia
- Look up
surcharge in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
surcharge may
refer to: An
extra fee
added onto
another fee or
charge Bunker adjustment factor...
- to a
local authority through misconduct could be
surcharged to
recover public money. The
surcharge was applied,
after referral to a
court by the Audit...
- In the
legal system of
England and Wales, the
surcharge,
often referred to as a
victim surcharge, is a
penalty applied to
people convicted of offences...
- A
surcharge, also
known as
checkout fee, is an
extra fee
charged by a
merchant when
receiving a
payment by cheque,
credit card,
charge card or
debit card...
- of philately. The term "
surcharge" in
philately describes any type of
overprint that
alters the
price of a stamp.
Surcharges raise or
lower the face value...
- New
Jersey Surcharge is a
program that the
State of New
Jersey uses for
charging additional fees
through the
Department of
Motor Vehicles that are generally...
- The
immigration health surcharge was
introduced by the Cameron–Clegg
coalition by the
Immigration (Health Charge)
Order 2015, made
under the provisions...
-
services under the
Medicare system.
Individuals are
encouraged through tax
surcharges to
purchase health insurance to
cover services offered in the private...
-
Previously an
extra ticket surcharge had to be paid to
travel to the station. In 2009,
Translink CEO
Peter Strachan blamed the
surcharge on the
Royal National...
- anti-counterfeiting
measures were emplo****:
experimental paper,
adding surcharges, overprints, blue endpaper, silk fibers, and
watermarks to name a few...
