SURCHARGE

9 letters 15 Scrabble points /ˈsɜː(ɹ)t͡ʃɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒ/

Definition of SURCHARGE

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

    "Our airline tickets cost twenty dollars more than we expected because we had to pay a fuel surcharge."

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

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

verb
  1. To apply a surcharge.

  2. To overload; to overburden.

    "to surcharge an animal or a ship; to surcharge a cannon"

  3. 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.

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters S U R C H A R G E
Length 9 letters
Scrabble Score 15 points

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