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
Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
By comparison, the new single-motor version, which costs 1.4 million lira, only comes with a 10% SCT surcharge that adds just 141,000 lira.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 8 July 2025
Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
About half of that is being paid through a surcharge on residential policyholders statewide.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
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Verb
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
By comparison, the new single-motor version, which costs 1.4 million lira, only comes with a 10% SCT surcharge that adds just 141,000 lira.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 8 July 2025
Noun
The Tourist Development Tax, known as TDT, is a 6% surcharge on the cost of a hotel room or other short-term lodging option in Orange County, including a home-sharing rental like Airbnb.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
About half of that is being paid through a surcharge on residential policyholders statewide.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surcharge
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Hydee Feldstein Soto’s office has filed seven price-gouging lawsuits — three civil, four criminal — ranging from individual landlords to housing companies such as Blueground and Airbnb.—
Jack Flemming,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Scheffler pushed his drive into the right fairway bunker on the par-4, could only advance the ball 54 yards into the left rough and gouged his third shot short of the green.—
John Marshall,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Feb. 2026
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Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed to allow 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into its market at a tariff rate of about 6%, removing a 100% surtax, in response to Chinese leader Xi Jinping cutting tariffs on canola, a key Canadian agricultural export.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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In 2022, Massachusetts created a 4% surtax on income over $1 million.—
Gregory D. Squires,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Jan. 2026
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Maybe a shipment of stale Valentine’s Day candy is in order.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Feb. 2026
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Earlier this month, ice on the Delaware River disrupted a shipment of 15,000 tons of salt arriving in Philadelphia on a barge.—
Joe Brandt,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Instead of swift passage on Wednesday, the proposal has become a new flashpoint in a sensitive discussion over police-community relations, with some event organizers questioning why community groups who feel overcharged by the police should have to appeal to the same department for subsidies.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2026
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The lawsuit alleges diabetic Iowans have been overcharged millions of dollars a year and cut off from affordable insulin.—
Kyle Werner,
Des Moines Register,
30 Jan. 2026
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The outdoor industry—and particularly the cycling industry—has been battered by tariffs and declining sales in recent years.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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The promise of this hedging strategy lies in diversification, diplomatic optionality, and insulation from tariff shocks.—
Dewardric L. McNeal,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
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From social isolation and digital overload to anxiety about identity, success, and belonging, today’s youth are navigating challenges that didn’t exist a decade ago.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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Once more, Chelsea created a three-v-two overload at the back post.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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The loss of Puig, who might be the most irreplaceable player in MLS, will certainly sting.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Further down the supply chain, former Army Ranger Patrick Montgomery, who runs KC Cattle Company, located outside Kansas City, Missouri, has been stung by high prices.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Navy divers found 330 packages of cocaine hidden in the boat’s ballast tanks.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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It would have been used as cap ballast in an Antetokounmpo trade.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Surcharge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surcharge. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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