1. An additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)
   "The airline imposed a fuel surcharge on all tickets"

1. Charge an extra fee, as for a special service
   "The airline surcharged passengers for excess baggage"
    
2. Charge an excessive or unfair price
   "The hotel surcharged us for extra amenities we didn't use";
   - overcharge, soak [informal], fleece [informal], pluck [informal], rob, skin [informal], rip off [informal], gouge [informal]
    
3. Place too much a load on
   "They surcharged the truck beyond its capacity";
   - overload, overcharge, overweight
    
4. Fill to an excessive degree
   "The air was surcharged with tension"
    
5. Print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote
   "The post office surcharged the old stamps with a new value"

Derived forms: surcharged, surcharges, surcharging

Type of: bill, charge, cheat, chisel [informal], fill, fill up, lade [archaic], laden, load, load up, overprint, print over, rip off [informal]

Encyclopedia: Surcharge