as in to gouge
to charge (someone) too much for goods or services
contends that with the present tax structure, the state's lower-income residents are being surcharged and the wealthiest residents are getting off too lightly
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Recent Examples of surcharge
Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
Insurers also can surcharge policyholders for 100% of assessments in excess of those amounts.
—Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Alain Sherter, CBS News, 5 May 2025
Taxes, surcharges, add-on programming (including premium channels), protection plan, TV access fees, transactional fees, and Federal Cost Recovery Fee are not included in two-year price guarantee.
—Danielle Directo-Meston, HollywoodReporter, 19 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Some restaurants also started slapping an egg surcharge onto their menu items.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
Insurers also can surcharge policyholders for 100% of assessments in excess of those amounts.
—Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
Temu changed its website after U.S. consumers complained that tariff surcharges, some of which were double the value of the merchandise itself, were dissuading them from making online purchases.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 5 May 2025
Taxes, surcharges, add-on programming (including premium channels), protection plan, TV access fees, transactional fees, and Federal Cost Recovery Fee are not included in two-year price guarantee.
—Danielle Directo-Meston, HollywoodReporter, 19 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surcharge
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Other fragments from the site appear to have flaked off large columns that once supported the villa’s porticoed garden: They’re composed of curved stucco gouged with decorative vertical lines, meant to make the columns fluted.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
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However, because of the platform’s independent storefront model, Depop has limited regulations in place to monitor issues such as price gouging on hard to come by products.—
Elizabeth Grace Coyne,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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An administration official explained that the revenue benchmarks assume $1.3 billion in surtax revenue this year, consistent with the consensus revenue agreement with the Legislature.—
State House News Service,
Boston Herald,
6 May 2025
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For example, Florida, which has high rates of tourism, has general state sales tax rate of 6 percent, with discretionary sales surtax charged in some counties.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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Our shipment contained goods valued a little over $3,400.—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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Look beneath and there’s a web of illicit activity that’s propping up these shipments from China.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
20 May 2025
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Cordova said the union’s goal is to ensure that shoppers are not overcharged and that pricing is fair and transparent.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
16 May 2025
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More often than not, contractors took advantage of her by overcharging her.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2025
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The tariffs removed include the 10% universal tariff, the reciprocal tariffs, and the specific tariffs targeting China, Canada, and Mexico.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Early South Korean voters reportedly turned out in record numbers this week as the nation awaits the June 3 presidential election in what has been described as a pivotal race amid ongoing threats posed by China and recent rocky relations with the U.S. due to President Donald Trump’s tariffs.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2025
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Tool overload is a common trap, where layering new solutions on top of legacy systems often leads to confusion rather than clarity.—
Judit Sharon,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Speaking of which, one of the many thoughts going through my head during these two hours of sensory overload was the wish that Aurora’s new mayor would see it at least once.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
18 May 2025
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Its allure is rooted in seeing the celebrity guest melt beneath the weight of hot sauce: Shaq’s eyes stung red with tears, viscera gushed from O’Brien nose.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
27 May 2025
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Recent history suggests that Republicans would take few lessons from even a stinging rebuke in the midterms.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
23 May 2025
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These spellbinding historical passages serve as a ballast to Lina and Wui’s uncertain existence.—
Lauren LeBlanc,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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The thicker walls function as ballast that helps semiaquatic animals dive.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 May 2025
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“Surcharge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surcharge. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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