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charge vs surcharge

surcharge vs charge

charge and surcharge both are nouns.

charge and surcharge both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
charge Yes No Yes No
surcharge Yes No Yes No
As nouns, surcharge is a hyponym of charge; that is, surcharge is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than charge:
  • charge: the price charged for some article or service
  • surcharge: an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)
As verbs, surcharge is a hyponym of charge; that is, surcharge is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than charge:
  • charge: demand payment
  • surcharge: charge an extra fee, as for a special service
Other hyponyms of charge include impose, levy, tithe, assess, undercharge, invoice.
charge (noun) surcharge (noun)
attention and management implying responsibility for safety an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)
an impetuous rush toward someone or something
a special assignment that is given to a person or group
a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
request for payment of a debt
an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
the swift release of a store of affective force
(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
a person committed to your care
the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
financial liabilities (such as a tax)
the price charged for some article or service
charge (verb) surcharge (verb)
energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given
cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on fill to an excessive degree
saturate place too much a load on
attribute responsibility to print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote
set or ask for a certain price fill to capacity with people
file a formal charge against rip off; ask an unreasonable price
impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to charge an extra fee, as for a special service
blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
make an accusatory claim
instruct or command with authority
instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
direct into a position for use
fill or load to capacity
provide (a device) with something necessary
place a heraldic bearing on
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
move quickly and violently
lie down on command, of hunting dogs
pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
enter a certain amount as a charge
demand payment
give over to another for care or safekeeping
cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
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