surcharge

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sur·charge1 /ˈsɜːtʃɑːdʒ $ ˈsɜːrtʃɑːrdʒ/ noun [countable]  BBTmoney that you have to pay in addition to the basic price of something 附加费，额外费用surcharge on a 10% surcharge on airline tickets 飞机票 10% 的附加费

Examples from the Corpus

surcharge• But there may be a surcharge.• The price of your holiday is fully guaranteed and will not be subject to any surcharges.• Banks claim surcharges are needed to help offset the cost of installation and maintenance.• It is interesting to note that they come from the same stable that brought us the national insurance surcharge.• But congressional investigators said bank claims of confidentiality kept them from establishing precisely how much profit banks are reaping from the surcharges.• The surcharge will not be applied to representatives' orders or dues supplied as part of a previous large order.surcharge on• a 10% surcharge on all imports

Related topics: Trade

surcharge2 verb [transitive]  BBTto make someone pay an additional amount of money 向〔某人〕收取附加费→ See Verb tableFrom Longman Business Dictionarysurchargesur‧charge1 /ˈsɜːtʃɑːdʒˈsɜːrtʃɑːrdʒ/ noun [countable]TAXECONOMICSFINANCE money that has to be paid in addition to the normal payment for somethingTaxpayers would beliable to surcharges if they failed to send in payments.surcharge onTrade has been hampered (=harmed) by high Chinese surcharges on South Korean products.The company recentlyimposed surcharges of as much as $56 a day on car rentals in certain areas. → import surchargesurchargesurcharge2 verb [transitive]COMMERCE to make someone pay an additional amount of moneyRetailers will be able to choose whether to surcharge credit card customers or to offer a discount for cash.→ See Verb tableOrigin surcharge (1400-1500) Old French surchargier, from sur- “above” (from Latin super-; → SUPER-) + chargier “to charge”

sur·charge1 nounsurcharge2 verbChineseSyllable  

have money addition Business Corpus in to you pay to that the

surcharge

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sur‧charge¹ /ˈsɜːtʃɑːdʒ $ ˈsɜːrtʃɑːrdʒ/ noun [countable]money that you have to pay in addition to the basic price of something
    surcharge on
    a 10% surcharge on airline tickets
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ tax money that you must pay to the government, especially from the money you earn, or as an additional payment when you buy something: How much income tax do you pay each month? | The Republicans promised to reduce taxes before the last election. | Consumers are angry that the tax on petrol has gone up yet again.
   ▪ duty a tax you pay on something you buy: The budget also sharply raised the duty on alcohol and tobacco. | customs duty (=tax you pay on goods you buy and bring into the country)
   ▪ tariff a tax on goods coming into a country or going out of a country, especially to protect a country’s industry from cheap goods from other countries: the import tariffs on hi-tech equipment | The government’s tariff and trade policies came under fierce attack.
   ▪ levy an extra amount of money that you have to pay the government, usually as a tax, often in order to encourage people not to use or do something: A new levy on fuel inefficient vehicles has been proposed.
   ▪ surcharge an amount of money that you have to pay in addition to the agreed or stated price of something: British Airways will increase its fuel surcharge on all airline tickets from June 3. | When you get cash at some machines, you have to pay an ATM surcharge.

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surcharge² verb [transitive]
to make someone pay an additional amount of money