Category:Surcharge

Sur*charge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surcharged; p. pr. & vb. n. Surcharging.] Etym: [f. surcharger. See sur-, and charge, and cf. Overcharge, supercharge, supercargo.]

1. To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to Surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon. Four charged two, and two surcharged one. Spenser. Your head reclined, as hiding grief from view, droops like a rose Surcharged with morning dew. Dryden.

2. (law) (a) 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. (b) (equity) to show an omission in (an account) for which credit Ought to have been given. Story. Daniel.

Surcharge Sur*charge", n. Etym: [f.]

1. An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than Can well be borne. A numerous nobility causeth poverty and inconvenience in a state, for It is surcharge of expense. Bacon.

2. (law) (a) the putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he Has a right to. (b) (equity) the showing an omission, as in an account, for which Credit ought to have been given. Burrill.