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surcharge

English

  1. 🔊 an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)
  2. 🔊 show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given
  3. 🔊 fill to an excessive degree
    “The air was surcharged with tension”
  4. 🔊 print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote
  5. 🔊 fill to capacity with people
    “The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards”
  6. 🔊 charge an extra fee, as for a special service
  7. 🔊 place too much a load on
    “don't overload the car”
  8. 🔊 rip off

Spanish

  1. 🔊 sobreprecio surcharge
  2. 🔊 sobretasa surcharge

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