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Definition of Surcharge
Sur`charge´ | v. t. | 1. | To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon. | | 2. | (Law) 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. | | 3. | To print or write a surcharge on (a postage stamp). | | n. | 1. | An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne. | | 2. | (Law) The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to. | | 3. | (Railroads) A charge over the usual or legal rates. | | 4. | 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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