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surcharge 1. a charge in addition to the usual payment, tax, etc. 2. an excessive sum charged, esp when unlawful 3. Law the act or an instance of surcharging 4. an overprint that alters the face value of a postage stamp surcharge [′sər‚chärj] (civil engineering) The load supported above the level of the top of a retaining wall. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A numerous nobility causeth poverty, and inconvenience in a state; for it is a surcharge of expense; and besides, it being of necessity, that many of the nobility fall, in time, to be weak in fortune, it maketh a kind of disproportion, between honor and means. |
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