surcharge
verb/ˈsɜːtʃɑːdʒ/
/ˈsɜːrtʃɑːrdʒ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they surcharge | /ˈsɜːtʃɑːdʒ/ /ˈsɜːrtʃɑːrdʒ/ |
| he / she / it surcharges | /ˈsɜːtʃɑːdʒɪz/ /ˈsɜːrtʃɑːrdʒɪz/ |
| past simple surcharged | /ˈsɜːtʃɑːdʒd/ /ˈsɜːrtʃɑːrdʒd/ |
| past participle surcharged | /ˈsɜːtʃɑːdʒd/ /ˈsɜːrtʃɑːrdʒd/ |
| -ing form surcharging | /ˈsɜːtʃɑːdʒɪŋ/ /ˈsɜːrtʃɑːrdʒɪŋ/ |
- surcharge somebody (something) to make somebody pay a surcharge
- We were surcharged £50 for travelling on a Friday.
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): from Old French surcharger (from sur- and charge). The early sense of the noun (late 15th cent.) was ‘excessive load’.
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