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Definition of Surcharges

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.
Surcharge
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.
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 Surcharges 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...
- the United Kingdom, the Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges) Regulations 2012 limit payment surcharges with some exceptions. Payments for the supply of...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- with 450,000 surcharges issued in the first year. People from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea have to pay for this surcharge in cash only....
- limited such payment surcharges to "the cost borne by the trader" since 13 June 2014, but because of the prevalence of these surcharges, the United Kingdom...
- typeface. Soon after Paris-produced surcharges arrived in both offices; they read "4 / MILLIEMES" etc. A new round of surcharges in 1925 added black bars to obscure...
- effect of a series of economic measures, including wage and price freezes, surcharges on imports, and the unilateral cancellation of the direct international...
- services under the Medicare system. Individuals are encouraged through tax surcharges to purchase health insurance to cover services offered in the private...