Word
Surcharge
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
sur-charge
Definition
- v. t. - To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to
overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.
- v. t. - To overstock; especially, to put more cattle into, as
a common, than the person has a right to do, or more than the herbage
will sustain. Blackstone.
- v. t. - To show an omission in (an account) for which credit
ought to have been given.
- n. - An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load
greater than can well be borne.
- n. - The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common
than he has a right to.
- n. - The showing an omission, as in an account, for which
credit ought to have been given.
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