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
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
1
as in surtax
Related Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of surcharge
Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025
The tourism district includes 93 hotels that agreed to collect a 2% surcharge on each night’s stay to fund tourism promotion and transportation improvements.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
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
See All Example Sentences for surcharge
Verb
Transmission delivery charges are outside of the base rate, passed through to ratepayers as a separate surcharge on their monthly bill.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025
The tourism district includes 93 hotels that agreed to collect a 2% surcharge on each night’s stay to fund tourism promotion and transportation improvements.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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
See All Example Sentences for surcharge
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surcharge
Verb
-
At least the climactic pandemonium has some of that old REC intensity; Plaza dynamically orchestrates the violence, dazzling the eyes of his audience one minute, gouging the eyes of his characters the next.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
-
Ella’s son is now 7 and sometimes traipses downstairs to gouge his grandparents’ cereal collection.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
The tax is a surtax on individual property for the wealthy on their second homes.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
-
Finally, a surtax on incomes of California’s wealthiest families, approved by voters in 2012 to deal with an earlier budget deficit, was supposed to last only a few years, but a 2016 ballot measure extended it to 2030.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
-
Still, Apple’s global shipment growth increased the fastest among the most popular brands during the quarter, which include Xiaomi, OPPO, and others.—
Morgan Chittum,Matthew J. Belvedere,
CNBC,
16 Oct. 2025
-
Hypothetically, riper avocados could be selected for shipment to closer retailers.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
That same year, millions of plaintiffs filed an antitrust class action lawsuit seeking over $1 billion in damages that alleged Sutter Health overcharged customers and companies for health care bills and discouraged clients from using other lower-cost services.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
-
It would be accompanied by state audits into how spendthrift local governments overcharge for roads, school construction and parks.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
Max Braswell, executive vice president of the Arkansas Forestry Association, said the forestry industry has come under significant economic pressure due to tariffs, high interest rates and a cooling housing market.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
-
While Lores has revived HP’s fortunes since becoming CEO in 2019 and continues to grow PC sales, concerns about tariffs and weakness in the printing business have cut 15% from the stock price this year.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
In an era of AI avatars and digital overload, something as simple as a handwritten note can feel like a relic of the past.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
-
Chronic workplace strain and cognitive overload have become the norm.—
Elan Gepner-Dales,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
Joey Ortiz stung a groundball to Muncy’s left.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
-
But for Hovland, the lingering frustration of missing Sunday singles and watching Harris English sit out for no fault of his own still stings.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
Their cars will be fitted with a ballast to compensate for the weight not gained in the absence of a vest.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
-
But Stanfield in particular also serves as a moral compass, or at least a dose of common sense, offering ballast to the proceedings.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
11 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Surcharge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surcharge. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share