Look up: surcharge

1. surcharge
   additional load/charge 
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2. surcharge
   An extra charge placed on an item, the revenue of which is usually earmarked for a specific fund. It has been the recent practice of the United States Congress to place a surcharge on commemorative coins, sometimes to benefit a worthy organization.
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3. surcharge
   [n] - an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill) 2. [v] - charge an extra fee, as for a special service 3. [v] - fill to capacity with people 4. [v] - print a new denomination on a stamp or a bankno...
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4. Surcharge
   An external load that is usually located at the top of a retaining wall. Surcharge can be the result of a “dead� load, such as a building foundation or a “live� load, which could be the result of heavy construction equipment or automobiles.
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5. surcharge
   an additional tax or cost Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • this is the storage capacity used to protect the structure against floods greater in magnitude than the capacity of the regular outlet works and control spillways.This storage capacity is ...
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6. Surcharge
   Sur·charge' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Surcharged ; present participle & verbal noun Surcharging .] [ French surcharger . See Sur- , and Charge , ...
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7. Surcharge
   Sur·charge' noun [ French] 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.
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8. Surcharge
   Sur·charge' transitive verb To print or write a surcharge on (a postage stamp).
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9. Surcharge
   Sur·charge' noun [ French] 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.
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10. surcharge
    noun an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)
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11. Surcharge
    • (v. t.) To print or write a surcharge on (a postage stamp). • (n.) 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. • (n.) A charge over the usual or legal rates. &bull...
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12. surcharge
    surcharge 1. An additional sum added to the usual amount or cost of something. 2. An overcharge, especially when unlawful. 3. An additional or excessive burden; an overload. 4. A new value or denomination overprinted on a postage or revenue stamp or the stamp to which a new value has been applied.
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13. Surcharge
    An additional levy added to some charge.
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14. Surcharge
    chancery practice. When a bill is filed to open an account stated, liberty is sometimes given to the plaintiff to surcharge and falsify such account. That is, to examine not only errors of fact, but errors of law. "These terms, 'surcharge,' and 'falsify,'" says Mr. Justice Story, "have a distinct se...
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15. Surcharge
    (n) Sur charge is the extra amount charged on any transaction, levy, taxes etc which is not forming part of the original payment, calculation etc but charged additionally for a specific purpose like surcharge levied on income tax for earthquake victims.
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16. 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.
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17. Surcharge
    (sanction) In the United Kingdom a public servant, for example a local government officer, who has unlawfully spent public funds, or caused loss to a public authority through misconduct may be `surcharged` to recover public money. The `surcharge` may be applied, after referral to a court by t...
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