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What (who) is Surcharge - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Surcharged; Surcharges; Surcharge (disambiguation)
surcharge
n. an additional charge of money made because it was omitted in the original calculation or as a penalty, such as for being late in making a payment.
Surcharge
·add. ·noun A charge over the usual or legal rates.
II. Surcharge ·add. ·vt To print or write a surcharge on (a postage stamp).
III. Surcharge ·vt To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.
IV. Surcharge ·noun The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to.
V. Surcharge ·noun An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.
VI. Surcharge ·noun The showing an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given.
VII. Surcharge ·vt 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.
VIII. Surcharge ·add. ·noun 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.
IX. Surcharge ·vt To Overload; to Overburden; to Overmatch; to Overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.
surcharge
¦ noun
1. an additional charge or payment.
Brit. an amount in an official account not passed by the auditor and having to be refunded by the person responsible.
the showing of an omission in an account for which credit should have been given.
2. a mark printed on a postage stamp changing its value.
¦ verb
1. exact a surcharge from.
2. mark (a postage stamp) with a surcharge.
Wikipedia
Surcharge
A surcharge may refer to:
- An extra fee added onto another fee or charge
- Bunker adjustment factor, sea freight charges which represents additions due to oil prices
- Surcharge (payment systems), charged by merchants when receiving payment by cheque, credit, charge or debit card
- An overprint that affects the value of a postage stamp
- A surcharge (sanction) against a public servant who has abused public funds
- Surtax, extra tax levied upon tax
- Surcharge (soil load), vertical loads applied to the ground surface on the uphill side of a retaining wall
- Surcharge, or hydraulic head
Examples of use of Surcharge
1. Credit card payments incur a 2.5 per cent surcharge.
2. The surcharge scheme will rake in 16million a year.
3. The surcharge on short–haul flights stays at 16 return.
4. "There has been no parity in the surcharge levied.
5. Shipping lines serving the Far East–Middle East sector have implemented a fuel surcharge, a general rate adjustment and a peak season surcharge since July.