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
Gabby Debenedictis, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2026
Even with modest revenue growth late last year — Illinois collected more than $230 million more in December than the same month the year before — Welch has renewed calls for a surcharge on millionaires, arguing the state still has a structural revenue problem.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 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
Historically, passengers who bought a ticket while riding a Metro-North train rather than in advance have had to pay a $6 surcharge.
—Gabby Debenedictis, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2026
Even with modest revenue growth late last year — Illinois collected more than $230 million more in December than the same month the year before — Welch has renewed calls for a surcharge on millionaires, arguing the state still has a structural revenue problem.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surcharge
Verb
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Resorts gouge their customers at the window, and their customers find a workaround.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
16 Jan. 2026
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The price-gouging allegation dates back to the early months of the pandemic, when panic over shortages led to massive supermarket shopping sprees, and some products, such as eggs, saw sharp price increases.—
Imelda García,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Jan. 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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But when his August components shipment components arrived from India, the tariffs-hevy invoice exposed the myth anything can be 100% Made in America.—
Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Park will play Nora Søby, the chief investigator in Denmark’s top crime unit who is pulled in to investigate when a dockland security guard is murdered and a large shipment of pills containing a deadly opioid goes missing.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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These maintain the battery with no chance of overcharging.—
John Paul,
The Providence Journal,
23 Jan. 2026
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Don Bell, the town council vice chair, said at the council’s September meeting that the strict state regulations around speed and red light camera data helped quell his fears that the program might overcharge or discriminate against certain residents.—
Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
19 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Trump on Thursday signed an executive order threatening to impose the tariffs.—
Uriel Blanco,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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Prices are still increasing, as tariffs drive up the retail cost of clothing, groceries and other essentials.—
Derrick Chubbs,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Meetings have devolved into performative displays where participants prioritize impression management over genuine problem-solving, leading to cognitive overload and hindering real work.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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These pastimes allow mental engagement without overload.—
Robin Pickering,
The Conversation,
21 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Grejo sank scowling back into his chair as though stung by Adi’s answer.—
Jonathan Miles,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Ten inches of snow and freeze-your-assets-off temperatures stung Broadway over the weekend, forcing cancellations and box office drops for some shows by the hundreds of thousands of dollars.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2026
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The projects will include replacing and upgrading railroad tracks, track infrastructure like ballast and rail ties and maintaining rolling stock.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
29 Jan. 2026
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In addition to underwater hull preservation work, the company’s Southern California shipyard also will recondition the ship’s superstructure, interior fuel and ballast tanks, and refurbish crew living spaces.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Surcharge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surcharge. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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