Upcharge vs. Surcharge

Upchargenoun

A surcharge for something additional.

Surchargenoun

An addition of extra charge on the agreed or stated price.

Surchargenoun

An excessive price charged e.g. to an unsuspecting customer.

Surchargenoun

(philately) An overprint on a stamp that alters (usually raises) the original nominal value of the stamp; used especially in times of hyperinflation.

Surchargenoun

(art) A painting in lighter enamel over a darker one that serves as the ground.

Surchargenoun

(legal) A charge that has been omitted from an account as payment of a credit to the charged party.

Surchargenoun

(legal) A penalty for failure to exercise common prudence and skill in the performance of a fiduciary's duties.

Surchargenoun

(obsolete) An excessive load or burden.

Surchargenoun

The putting, by a commoner, of more animals on the common than he is entitled to.

Surchargeverb

To apply a surcharge.

Surchargeverb

To overload; to overburden.

Surchargeverb

(legal) To overstock; especially, to put more cattle into (e.g. a common) than one has a right to do, or more than the herbage will sustain.

Surchargeverb

To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.

Surchargeverb

To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.

Surchargeverb

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.

Surchargeverb

To print or write a surcharge on (a postage stamp).

Surchargenoun

An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.

Surchargenoun

The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to.

Surchargenoun

A charge over the usual or legal rates.

Surchargenoun

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.

Surchargenoun

an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)

Surchargeverb

charge an extra fee, as for a special service

Surchargeverb

rip off; ask an unreasonable price

Surchargeverb

fill to capacity with people;

Surchargeverb

print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote

Surchargeverb

fill to an excessive degree;

Surchargeverb

place too much a load on;

Surchargeverb

show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given