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
PC Magazine,
21 July 2025
That surcharge alone erodes a meaningful slice of Qatar’s margin advantage over Henry-Hub-linked U.S. cargoes and is already pencilled into 2026 LNG tender models.
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Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
For a company like Amazon, which sponsors H-1B workers by the thousands across its engineering and corporate ranks, a $100,000 surcharge on every new hire could be a budget-breaking line item.
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Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
10 June 2026
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Verb
But last month, SpaceX raised the demand surcharge to $500, then $750 before finally escalating it to an eye-popping $1,000.
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PC Magazine,
21 July 2025
That surcharge alone erodes a meaningful slice of Qatar’s margin advantage over Henry-Hub-linked U.S. cargoes and is already pencilled into 2026 LNG tender models.
—
Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
Noun
To exacerbate the matter further, the calculation made by Florida did not include the one per cent discretionary surcharge which would ordinarily be applied by Miami-Dade County for games at Hard Rock Stadium.
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Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
For a company like Amazon, which sponsors H-1B workers by the thousands across its engineering and corporate ranks, a $100,000 surcharge on every new hire could be a budget-breaking line item.
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Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surcharge
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To absorb expenses without gouging their customers, leaders must build fiercely lean teams and optimize their talent.
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Michigan's attorney general has opened a price gouging investigation into a BP gas station near Detroit Metro Airport that prosecutors say charged travelers significantly more for gas than nearby stations.
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While Massachusetts voters backed a 4% surtax on annual personal income exceeding $1 million in 2022, that’s much more manageable, Gupta said.
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The higher the taxpayer’s MAGI, the higher the surtax is.
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From shipment tracking to package protection, returns, and issue resolution, what happens after an order is placed determines whether customers purchase again.
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Wait until your shipment does not make it.
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Some said pharmacists could overcharge for a drug that normally costs pennies per pill.
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What follows is less about whether you are being overcharged and more about who, exactly, is deciding your number.
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The desire to recoup tariff revenue and refill the Treasury’s coffers, now being depleted by refunds to importers, is a preeminent priority.
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But tariffs created using that statute can last for only 150 days, with any extension requiring congressional approval.
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When the heart’s right ventricle is failing, blood can back up into the legs and the belly, along with fluid overload and symptoms of right heart failure.
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What may seem like a minor operational issue has become a major contributor to cognitive overload, inefficiency and burnout.
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Home Depot and rival Lowe’s must also confront a weak housing market, which has been stung by stubbornly high interest rates and rising building material expenses.
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Christie Ray/Queen Bee Supply via AP A photojournalist from CBS affiliate KDFM also captured video despite being stung , the station reported.
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The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office estimates that the proposal would generate tens of billions of dollars in the first few years, but that income tax revenues would subsequently decline by hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
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During those years, the Murrins used Duane Howell to prepare their joint federal income tax returns and returns for two partnerships in which Murrin was a general partner.
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“Surcharge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surcharge. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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