meaning of surcharge
1. To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.
2. 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.
3. To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.
4. An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.
5. The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to.
6. The showing an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given.
7. an additional charge as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill
Related Words
surcharge | surcharged | surchargement | surcharger |
