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
Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2025
Some restaurants also started slapping an egg surcharge onto their menu items.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
Will Peischel, Curbed, 30 Apr. 2025
The Tax Equity Caucus, a liberal Democratic group led by Rep. Josh Elliott of Hamden, has pushed for both the capital gains surcharge and the child tax credit.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2025
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Verb
For years, Lamont has blocked attempts by liberal Democrats to raise the state income tax on Connecticut’s wealthiest residents or impose a separate capital gains surcharge that the caucus still advocates.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2025
Some restaurants also started slapping an egg surcharge onto their menu items.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
For now, Trump’s saber rattling has settled down to a 90-day, across-the-board tariff of 10 percent for most countries (with the notable exception of China), but even that can quickly become a surcharge of many thousands of dollars.
—Will Peischel, Curbed, 30 Apr. 2025
The Tax Equity Caucus, a liberal Democratic group led by Rep. Josh Elliott of Hamden, has pushed for both the capital gains surcharge and the child tax credit.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surcharge
Verb
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The tax cuts in President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act would likely gouge a hole in the federal budget.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 June 2025
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Some areas are left unfinished, scraped and gouged from the force of their extraction from the earth.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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In early September, customs authorities at the port of Marseille and at Charles de Gaulle Airport, outside Paris, refused to allow two separate shipments of El Mordjene to enter French territory.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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The company suspended rail shipments of autos from Mexico to the U.S.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
Verb
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Randolph disputed Martin’s request, saying the case was overcharged from the start.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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The Fed also imposed a regulatory punishment known as a consent order on Discover alongside a fine of $100 million for overcharging fees from 2007 to 2023.—
Chris Prentice and Saeed Azhar,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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On May 12, both nations agreed to significantly lower their tariffs for a 90-day period.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
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
Noun
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His ability to invert and create overloads in more central areas will be an obvious attraction to Pep Guardiola, who popularised the trend in the Premier League with Joao Cancelo.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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Product teams have spent years refining their approaches to prioritization—turning feedback overload into focused roadmaps and aligning work with business goals.—
Daniel DeCloss,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
Verb
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Rough as that was, a fielding mistake may have stung worse.—
Compiled From Wire Reports,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 June 2025
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According to news stories, Macron was stung by the report’s lukewarm reception in Algeria.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
Noun
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Yes, in a perfect world, there would not be the salary ballast of Terry Rozier and Duncan Robinson, or, at this point, even Kevin Love.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
21 May 2025
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In the face of global economic uncertainty, erratic equity markets and geopolitical tension, including the escalating tariff landscapes, that ballast matters.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Surcharge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surcharge. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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