noun
- An additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill. )
verb
- Charge an extra fee, as for a special service.
- Rip off; ask an unreasonable price.
- Fill to capacity with people.
- usage: "The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards"
- Print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote.
- Fill to an excessive degree.
- usage: "The air was surcharged with tension"
- Place too much a load on.
- usage: "don't overload the car"
- synonyms: overload, overcharge
- Show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given. .
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