Meaning of SURCHARGE in English

Use in sentences of SURCHARGE

Meaning of SURCHARGE in English

• To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.
• 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.
• To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.
• An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.
• The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to.
• The showing an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given.

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