surcharge Sentence Examples

  1. The restaurant's 20% surcharge for large parties was unexpected and hefty.
  2. The airline imposed a hefty surcharge for checked baggage, making the flight costlier.
  3. Due to the holiday peak, phone carriers added a surcharge for international calls.
  4. Customers were furious about the surcharge levied on their water bills during the summer.
  5. The hotel room came with a surprising surcharge for using the mini-bar.
  6. The credit card company included a surcharge on all foreign transactions.
  7. The concert tickets were advertised as low-priced, but a significant surcharge was added at checkout.
  8. The rental car company charged an additional surcharge for a GPS unit.
  9. The hospital billed an exorbitant surcharge for the use of a private room.
  10. The transportation company imposed a fuel surcharge on all deliveries due to rising gas prices.

surcharge Meaning

Wordnet

surcharge (n)

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

Wordnet

surcharge (v)

charge an extra fee, as for a special service

rip off; ask an unreasonable price

fill to capacity with people

print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote

fill to an excessive degree

place too much a load on

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

Webster

surcharge (v. t.)

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

Webster

surcharge (n.)

A charge over the usual or legal rates.

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.

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FAQs About the word surcharge

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

gouge, sting, cheat, overcharge, defraud,soak,stick, skin, mischarge, clip

undercharge,undercharge,,

The restaurant's 20% surcharge for large parties was unexpected and hefty.

The airline imposed a hefty surcharge for checked baggage, making the flight costlier.

Due to the holiday peak, phone carriers added a surcharge for international calls.

Customers were furious about the surcharge levied on their water bills during the summer.