Get to know Surcharge better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like charge or overcharge.
Surcharge meaning
- An addition of extra charge on the agreed, stated, or baseline price.
- The part of the price of a subsidized good or service that is not covered by the subsidy and so must be paid by the consumer.
- An excessive price charged e.g. to an unsuspecting customer.
Synonyms of Surcharge
Using Surcharge
- The main meaning on this page is: An addition of extra charge on the agreed, stated, or baseline price. | The part of the price of a subsidized good or service that is not covered by the subsidy and so must be paid by the consumer. | An excessive price charged e.g. to an unsuspecting customer.
- Useful related words include: charge, overcharge, undercharge, chisel.
- In the example corpus, surcharge often appears in combinations such as: victim surcharge, surcharge of, surcharge and.
Context around Surcharge
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 9 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Surcharge
- In this selection, "surcharge" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, victim, fuel, blended, revealing and program stand out and add context to how "surcharge" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 128 victim surcharge and 154 victim surcharge and 135. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "surcharge" sits close to words such as alarms, angular and anita, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with surcharge
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Costs include victim surcharge and courts charges. (7 words)
A victim surcharge of £190 was also imposed. (8 words)
Also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £114. (9 words)
Today Hapag-Lloyd became the latest carrier to announce a port strike surcharge, revealing it would apply a Work Disruption Surcharge of $1,000 per teu from 18 October on container shipments to the US east and Gulf coasts. (39 words)
A bill that would allow Honolulu to extend the excise tax surcharge for rail to raise more money for the cash-strapped project was approved Monday in the powerful Senate Ways and Means Committee. (34 words)
A final member of the group, 38-year-old Mark Pettigrew form west London, was handed a suspended four-month prison sentence, fined £300 and made to pay a £128 victim surcharge. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
So, we're looking at making sure that we're not just doing a diesel-based fuel surcharge, we're doing a blended surcharge.
Today Hapag-Lloyd became the latest carrier to announce a port strike surcharge, revealing it would apply a Work Disruption Surcharge of $1,000 per teu from 18 October on container shipments to the US east and Gulf coasts.
A bill that would allow Honolulu to extend the excise tax surcharge for rail to raise more money for the cash-strapped project was approved Monday in the powerful Senate Ways and Means Committee.
A final member of the group, 38-year-old Mark Pettigrew form west London, was handed a suspended four-month prison sentence, fined £300 and made to pay a £128 victim surcharge.
Also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £114.
Ankers must also pay £85 costs and a £95 victim surcharge.
At a hearing at Dudley Magistrates' Court, the defendant, of Grange Road, Penkridge, was fined £123, ordered to pay costs £125 and victims' surcharge £50.
A victim surcharge of £190 was also imposed.
Boydstun told the commission that a lot has changed since the surcharge program began in 1987, with “more hunters, more anglers, more tourists, more recreationalists, more vehicles.
Briscoe was banned from driving for 12 months, and fined £61, with £85 costs and a £24 surcharge.
Brown, who was represented by Thomas Stanwick, was also ordered to pay a £122 surcharge.
Brum was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £400 and £85 costs.
Butcher must complete a 35-session programme requirement, 30 days of rehabilitation activity and pay a £156 victim surcharge.
Chair Andrew Pfaff said the board is hoping the town will approve an increase in the Community Preservation Act surcharge from one percent to three percent.
Clark was fined £100 and ordered to pay a £40 statutory surcharge.
Costs include victim surcharge and courts charges.
Dunbar was ordered to pay a £120 fine, £34 as a victim surcharge, and £85 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service.
Ellis was fined £200 and ordered to pay £165 in costs and victim surcharge.
Ffrench was also ordered to pay £154 victim surcharge and £135 court costs.
Fined £120 with £55 costs and £48 victim services surcharge.
Common combinations with surcharge
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- victim surcharge 96×
- surcharge of 37×
- surcharge and 32×
- and surcharge 26×
- pay surcharge 16×
- surcharge to 9×
- surcharge on 6×
- surcharge for 5×
- statutory surcharge 5×
- services surcharge 5×