Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun surcharge

1 sense of surcharge

Sense 1
surcharge -- (an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill))
       => charge -- (the price charged for some article or service; "the admission charge")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb surcharge

7 senses of surcharge

Sense 1
surcharge -- (charge an extra fee, as for a special service)
       => charge, bill -- (demand payment; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights")

Sense 2
overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook -- (rip off; ask an unreasonable price)
       => cheat, rip off, chisel -- (deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money")

Sense 3
surcharge -- (fill to capacity with people; "The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards")
       => overcrowd -- (cause to crowd together too much; "The students overcrowded the cafeteria")

Sense 4
surcharge -- (print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote)
       => overprint, print over -- (print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper)

Sense 5
surcharge -- (fill to an excessive degree; "The air was surcharged with tension")
       => fill, fill up, make full -- (make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride")

Sense 6
overload, surcharge, overcharge -- (place too much a load on; "don't overload the car")
       => load, lade, laden, load up -- (fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay")

Sense 7
surcharge -- (show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given)
       => show -- (give evidence of, as of records; "The diary shows his distress that evening")