Thesaurus: surcharge

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1. v. t. To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.
2. v. t. 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. v. t. To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.
4. n. An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.
5. n. The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to.
6. n. The showing an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given.
7. n. an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)
8. v. charge an extra fee, as for a special service
9. v. rip off; ask an unreasonable price
10. v. fill to capacity with people
11. v. print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote
12. v. fill to an excessive degree