English Dictionary

surcharge

/ˈsɜː(ɹ)t͡ʃɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒ/

noun

An addition of extra charge on the agreed or stated price. / The part of the price of a subsidized good or service that is not covered by the subsidy and so must be paid by the consumer.

The airline charges a surcharge for overweight baggage.

意味（1）

An addition of extra charge on the agreed or stated price.

Our airline tickets cost twenty dollars more than we expected because we had to pay a fuel surcharge.

意味（2）

The part of the price of a subsidized good or service that is not covered by the subsidy and so must be paid by the consumer.

意味（3）

An excessive price charged e.g. to an unsuspecting customer.

意味（4）

(philately) An overprint on a stamp that alters (usually raises) the original nominal value of the stamp; used especially in times of hyperinflation.

意味（5）

(art) A painting in lighter enamel over a darker one that serves as the ground.

意味（6）

(law) A charge that has been omitted from an account as payment of a credit to the charged party

意味（7）

(law) A penalty for failure to exercise common prudence and skill in the performance of a fiduciary's duties.

意味（8）

(obsolete) An excessive load or burden.

A Numerous Nobility, cauſet Pouerty, and Inconuenience in a State: For it is a Surcharge of Expence;

意味（9）

(law, obsolete) The putting, by a commoner, of more animals on the common than he is entitled to.