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
a mark printed on a postage stamp changing its value (邮票上的)改值加盖
verb [withobj.]
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。
mark (a postage stamp) with a surcharge 在(邮票上)加盖改值印记
语源
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'