Antonyms for surcharge
ˈsɜrˌtʃɑrdʒ; sɜrˈtʃɑrdʒ, ˈsɜrˌtʃɑrdʒsur·charge

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1. surchargenoun

   Antonyms:
   discount

2. surchargeverb

   To apply a surcharge.

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

   Antonyms:
   discount

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1. surchargeverb

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

2. surchargeverb

   charge an extra fee, as for a special service

   Synonyms:
   overload, hook, fleece, gazump, overcharge, plume, pluck, soak, rob

3. overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hookverb

   rip off; ask an unreasonable price

   Synonyms:
   crochet, pride, hook, nobble, dress, congratulate, cull, abstract, preen, glom, douse, sneak, rob, drench, hit it up, lift, displume, pick off, pilfer, roll, swipe, soak, overcharge, pull off, cop, accost, souse, pull, pawn, deplume, gazump, hustle, solicit, snare, dowse, snarf, shear, plunk, plume, pluck, primp, snitch, hock, tweak, pinch, filch, knock off, purloin, pick, deplumate, overload, thieve, sop, addict, cabbage, imbue, inebriate, tear, fleece, intoxicate

4. surchargeverb

   fill to capacity with people

   "The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards"

   Synonyms:
   overload, hook, fleece, gazump, overcharge, plume, pluck, soak, rob

5. surchargeverb

   print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote

   Synonyms:
   overload, hook, fleece, gazump, overcharge, plume, pluck, soak, rob

6. surchargeverb

   fill to an excessive degree

   "The air was surcharged with tension"

   Synonyms:
   overload, hook, fleece, gazump, overcharge, plume, pluck, soak, rob

7. overload, surcharge, overchargeverb

   place too much a load on

   "don't overload the car"

   Synonyms:
   overload, hook, clog, gazump, overcharge, plume, fleece, soak, pluck, rob

8. surchargeverb

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

   Synonyms:
   overload, hook, fleece, gazump, overcharge, plume, pluck, soak, rob

How to use surcharge in a sentence?

1. British Finance Minister George Osborne:

   But to maintain a fair contribution from the banks, I will introduce a new eight percent surcharge on bank profits from the first of January next year.

2. Wild Wings:

   I probably would think twice about going back to that place if they were adding a surcharge.

3. Roger Horowitz:

   By and large kosher certified spaghetti sauce, take that example, there is no price difference from the non-kosher spaghetti sauce, instead, in the meat area, you're paying a penalty, a surcharge for the Jewish religious requirements.

4. Akbar Al Baker:

   As far as the fuel price reduction is concerned, there will be no reduction in the ticket fare, but there will be a reduction in the fuel surcharge that we were charging.

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