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surcharge

[sur-chahrj, sur-chahrj, sur-chahrj] / ˈsɜrˌtʃɑrdʒ, sɜrˈtʃɑrdʒ, ˈsɜrˌtʃɑrdʒ /


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The rest are paying a surcharge for good manners.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

Greater clarity on potential changes to the surcharge mechanism could also ease concerns over the temporary relief, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

It is surcharge added to standard monthly premiums for Medicare.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

The banks are braced for a levy or surcharge that may pay for this.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Alabama charges a 30 percent collection fee, and Florida allows private debt collectors to tack on a 40 percent surcharge to the underlying debt.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

The system also tacks on a various surcharges that would take the non-neighbor rate for appeal applications to over $2,800, advocates said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

Waiting until age 73 to withdraw from tax-deferred accounts can trigger higher taxes and Medicare premium surcharges.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

Both companies benefited from fuel surcharges, which allow the freight companies to pass on higher fuel costs to their customers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Jeremy Phillips, from Barette Plant Hire, said it "hasn't been too much of an issue so far, but that fuel surcharges are being added to hourly rates".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

On top of that, probation officers in most states can require that an individual dedicate 35 percent of his or her income toward the payment of fines, fees, surcharges, and restitution charged by numerous agencies.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Homeowners would not be surcharged for commercial losses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024

Of the 777 surcharged penalty notices issued for LEZ contraventions in July, 689 were for a second breach where the penalty rate was £120.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2023

“An innovative app or website or startup may never get off the ground because it could be surcharged to death, buried in search results or ripped off completely.”

From The Verge ● Jun. 13, 2022

While city leaders shrug their shoulders at trash-strewn encampments, Seattle homeowners can rest assured that any additional trash left outside the bin on collection day will be appropriately surcharged.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2021

In spite of his calm demeanor, calm voice, he was charged and surcharged with a will to action, a readiness to take and enjoy any desperate chance.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

Other terms of this proposed settlement include more options for credit surcharging.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2025

More merchants, especially small businesses, in recent years have begun passing on the interchange fees they incur to consumers by surcharging them when they pay with credit cards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025

“The delay has helped, especially since the biggest publisher, Canada’s Transcontinental,” has offered to absorb the cost burden of the tariffs instead of surcharging its clients.

From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2025

"However, unless urgent action is taken to reduce the pressure on ATM operators by reversing the interchange fee reductions, NoteMachine will be forced to begin converting ATMs to surcharging," said chief executive Peter McNamara.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2019

Weeping had not eased her bosom; she had only become more conscious of the load of tears surcharging it.

From A Life's Morning by George Gissing


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