as in to gouge
to charge (someone) too much for goods or services
contends that with the present tax structure, the state's lower-income residents are being surcharged and the wealthiest residents are getting off too lightly
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Recent Examples of surcharge
Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2025
Some restaurants also started slapping an egg surcharge onto their menu items.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
Will Peischel, Curbed, 30 Apr. 2025
The Tax Equity Caucus, a liberal Democratic group led by Rep. Josh Elliott of Hamden, has pushed for both the capital gains surcharge and the child tax credit.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2025
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Verb
For years, Lamont has blocked attempts by liberal Democrats to raise the state income tax on Connecticut’s wealthiest residents or impose a separate capital gains surcharge that the caucus still advocates.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2025
Some restaurants also started slapping an egg surcharge onto their menu items.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
For now, Trump’s saber rattling has settled down to a 90-day, across-the-board tariff of 10 percent for most countries (with the notable exception of China), but even that can quickly become a surcharge of many thousands of dollars.
—Will Peischel, Curbed, 30 Apr. 2025
The Tax Equity Caucus, a liberal Democratic group led by Rep. Josh Elliott of Hamden, has pushed for both the capital gains surcharge and the child tax credit.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2025
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Verb
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Other fragments from the site appear to have flaked off large columns that once supported the villa’s porticoed garden: They’re composed of curved stucco gouged with decorative vertical lines, meant to make the columns fluted.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
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However, because of the platform’s independent storefront model, Depop has limited regulations in place to monitor issues such as price gouging on hard to come by products.—
Elizabeth Grace Coyne,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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An administration official explained that the revenue benchmarks assume $1.3 billion in surtax revenue this year, consistent with the consensus revenue agreement with the Legislature.—
State House News Service,
Boston Herald,
6 May 2025
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For example, Florida, which has high rates of tourism, has general state sales tax rate of 6 percent, with discretionary sales surtax charged in some counties.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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In early September, customs authorities at the port of Marseille and at Charles de Gaulle Airport, outside Paris, refused to allow two separate shipments of El Mordjene to enter French territory.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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The company suspended rail shipments of autos from Mexico to the U.S.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Cordova said the union’s goal is to ensure that shoppers are not overcharged and that pricing is fair and transparent.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
16 May 2025
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More often than not, contractors took advantage of her by overcharging her.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2025
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Early South Korean voters reportedly turned out in record numbers this week as the nation awaits the June 3 presidential election in what has been described as a pivotal race amid ongoing threats posed by China and recent rocky relations with the U.S. due to President Donald Trump’s tariffs.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2025
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The tariffs removed include the 10% universal tariff, the reciprocal tariffs, and the specific tariffs targeting China, Canada, and Mexico.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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His ability to invert and create overloads in more central areas will be an obvious attraction to Pep Guardiola, who popularised the trend in the Premier League with Joao Cancelo.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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Product teams have spent years refining their approaches to prioritization—turning feedback overload into focused roadmaps and aligning work with business goals.—
Daniel DeCloss,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
Verb
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Its allure is rooted in seeing the celebrity guest melt beneath the weight of hot sauce: Shaq’s eyes stung red with tears, viscera gushed from O’Brien nose.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
27 May 2025
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Recent history suggests that Republicans would take few lessons from even a stinging rebuke in the midterms.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
23 May 2025
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Yes, in a perfect world, there would not be the salary ballast of Terry Rozier and Duncan Robinson, or, at this point, even Kevin Love.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
21 May 2025
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In the face of global economic uncertainty, erratic equity markets and geopolitical tension, including the escalating tariff landscapes, that ballast matters.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Surcharge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surcharge. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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