surcharge

C2+ Topic:Money & Finance

US /ˈsɝtʃɑrdʒ/ UK /ˈsɜːtʃɑːdʒ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
an additional charge or payment levied on top of the standard cost

A fuel surcharge was added to every transatlantic ticket.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an additional charge or... surtaxlevy premiummarkupovercharge supplement

Opposites

discount rebate reduction

Word family

Derived forms surchargedsurcharging

Related forms charge overcharge

Etymology

From Old French surcharger ('to overload'), from sur- ('over, above', from Latin super) + chargier ('to load'), from Late Latin carricare, from Latin carrus ('wagon').

surcharger Old French super Latin carrus Latin

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Topics

Money & Finance

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# surcharge

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈsɝtʃɑrdʒ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsɜːtʃɑːdʒ/

## Meanings
1. an additional charge or payment levied on top of the standard cost

## Examples
- A fuel surcharge was added to every transatlantic ticket.

## Synonyms
- surtax
- levy
- premium
- markup
- overcharge
- supplement

## Antonyms
- discount
- rebate
- reduction

## Derived Forms
- surcharged
- surcharging

## Related Forms
- charge
- overcharge

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: surcharger
- Root: super
- Root: carrus

## Etymology
From Old French surcharger ('to overload'), from sur- ('over, above', from Latin super) + chargier ('to load'), from Late Latin carricare, from Latin carrus ('wagon').

## AI Etymology
Surcharge is from Old French surcharger ('to overload'), from sur- ('over, above', from Latin super) + chargier ('to load'), from Late Latin carricare, from Latin carrus ('wagon'). Important recorded forms include surcharger (Old French), super (Latin), and carrus (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers an additional charge or payment levied on top of the standard cost. The wider family includes derived forms such as surcharged and surcharging and related words such as charge and overcharge.

## Topics
- Money & Finance

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