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surcharge

noun
🔊/ˈsɜːtʃɑːdʒ/
🔊/ˈsɜːrtʃɑːrdʒ/
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  1. surcharge (on something) an extra amount of money that you must pay in addition to the usual price额外费用；附加费；增收费
    Extra Examples
    • There is a 2% surcharge on credit card users.信用卡用户须付2% 的附加费。
    • A surcharge of €40 was added to our bill.我们的账单上加了 40 欧元的附加费。
    • The price includes the delivery surcharge of $15.这个价格包括 15 美元的递送费。
    • There is a surcharge for excess baggage.行李超重要交一定的附加费。
    • a corporate tax surcharge企业附加税
    synonym supplement
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • small
    • hefty
    • fuel
    • …
    verb + surcharge
    • have
    • add
    • impose
    • …
    preposition
    • surcharge for
    • surcharge on
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    Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): from Old French surcharger (from sur- and charge). The early sense of the noun (late 15th cent.) was ‘excessive load’.

surcharge

verb
🔊/ˈsɜːtʃɑːdʒ/
🔊/ˈsɜːrtʃɑːrdʒ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they surcharge
🔊/ˈsɜːtʃɑːdʒ/
🔊/ˈsɜːrtʃɑːrdʒ/
he / she / it surcharges
🔊/ˈsɜːtʃɑːdʒɪz/
🔊/ˈsɜːrtʃɑːrdʒɪz/
past simple surcharged
🔊/ˈsɜːtʃɑːdʒd/
🔊/ˈsɜːrtʃɑːrdʒd/
past participle surcharged
🔊/ˈsɜːtʃɑːdʒd/
🔊/ˈsɜːrtʃɑːrdʒd/
-ing form surcharging
🔊/ˈsɜːtʃɑːdʒɪŋ/
🔊/ˈsɜːrtʃɑːrdʒɪŋ/
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  1. surcharge somebody (something) to make somebody pay a surcharge向（某人）收取额外费用
    • We were surcharged £50 for travelling on a Friday.因为在星期五旅行，我们多付了 50 英镑。🔊🔊
    Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): from Old French surcharger (from sur- and charge). The early sense of the noun (late 15th cent.) was ‘excessive load’.