surcharge

surcharge
noun
  1. an additional charge or payment
    额外费用
    we guarantee that no surcharges will be added to the cost of your holiday.
    我们保证不会额外增加你们假日的花费。
    ■a charge made by assessors as a penalty for false returns of taxable property
    (评税员对不如实申报课税财产者的)附加罚款
    ■(Brit.)an amount in an official account not passed by the auditor and having to be refunded by the person responsible
    (英)超额(正式账项中审计员不予通过的项目,须由负责人安排退款)
    ■the showing of an omission in an account for which credit should have been given
    指出对方在贷方漏记一笔账
  2. a mark printed on a postage stamp changing its value
    (邮票上的)改值加盖
verb
[withobj.]
  1. exact an additional charge or payment from
    向…收取额外费用
    retailers will be able to surcharge credit-card users.
    零售商可以向信用卡用户收取额外费用。
  2. mark (a postage stamp) with a surcharge
    在(邮票上)加盖改值印记
语源
  1. late Middle English (as a verb): from Old French surcharger (see sur-, charge). The early sense of the noun (late 15th cent.) was 'excessive load'
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