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Nouns (1)

n. an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)

Verbs (15)

v. show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given

v. fill to an excessive degree; "The air was surcharged with tension"

v. print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote

v. fill to capacity with people; "The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards"

v. charge an extra fee, as for a special service

overload, overcharge

v. place too much a load on; "don't overload the car"

hook, pluck, soak, plume, fleece, overcharge, gazump, rob

v. rip off; ask an unreasonable price

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (15)

excise, excise tax

n. a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)

levy

n. a charge imposed and collected

surtax, supertax

n. an additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed

snow, bamboozle, hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false

v. conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"

trap, trammel, snare, entrap, ensnare

v. catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"

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Antonyms (1)

v. charge (someone) too little money

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