| Surcharge (surcharge) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Sur*charge" |
| [imp. ***
p. p. Surcharged (?)] p. pr. *** vb.
n. Surcharging (?).] [F. surcharger. See
Sur-, and Charge, and cf. Overcharge,
Supercharge, Supercargo.] |
To
overload] to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to
surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a
cannon.
To
overstock; especially, to put more cattle into, as a common, than the
person has a right to do, or more than the herbage will sustain.
Blackstone.
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| Surcharge (surcharge) |
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| n. | |
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| Sur*charge" |
|
An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than
can well be borne.
The
putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a
right to.
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| Surcharge (surcharge) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Sur*charge" |
|
To print or
write a surcharge on (a postage stamp).
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| Surcharge (surcharge) |
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| n. | |
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| Sur*charge" |
|
A charge over the usual or legal
rates.
Something printed or written on a postage
stamp to give it a new legal effect, as a new valuation, a place, a
date, etc.; also (Colloq.), a stamp with a surcharge.
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