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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surcharge
Verb
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The tax cuts in President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act would likely gouge a hole in the federal budget.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 June 2025
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Democrats tend to blame oil companies, regularly accusing them of gouging to make excessive profits and even passing state legislation to prevent it.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2025
Noun
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Senate Democrats released a $1.3 billion spending bill Thursday that uses surplus dollars generated by an income surtax to pay for education and transportation projects, but marks a significant departure from a proposal that cleared the House last month.—
Chris Van Buskirk,
Boston Herald,
1 May 2025
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Different monthly surtaxes are imposed at different MAGI levels.—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes,
21 Nov. 2024
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The Strait of Hormuz, which connects the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea, sees roughly 20 million barrels per day of oil and oil products pass through, accounting for nearly one-fifth of global oil shipments.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
13 June 2025
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Earlier this year, the company’s shareholders voted against a proposal to halt shipments of arms to Israel on the grounds that premise of the proposal was incorrect.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
13 June 2025
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Randolph disputed Martin’s request, saying the case was overcharged from the start.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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The Fed also imposed a regulatory punishment known as a consent order on Discover alongside a fine of $100 million for overcharging fees from 2007 to 2023.—
Chris Prentice and Saeed Azhar,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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The preliminary report from the University of Michigan said sentiment improved for the first time in six months after Trump put many of his tariffs on pause, while U.S. consumers’ expectations for coming inflation eased.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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Inflation ticked higher in May but was more stable than expected as the early effects of Trump’s wide-ranging tariffs were offset by another drop in gasoline prices.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
13 June 2025
Noun
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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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Rough as that was, a fielding mistake may have stung worse.—
Compiled From Wire Reports,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 June 2025
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According to news stories, Macron was stung by the report’s lukewarm reception in Algeria.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
Noun
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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 19 Jun. 2025.
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