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surcharge

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


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The city has mailed 17,000 notices to property owners who must prove their home is their primary residence or face the surcharge.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

In an earlier phase of the dispute, Ontario imposed a temporary 25-percent surcharge on electricity exports to three US states.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

In France, homes are subject to an additional charge that varies across the country, with a 60% local tax surcharge for homes in Paris.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Done in that order, the QCD satisfies part of the RMD without adding a dollar to AGI, leaving more headroom under the Medicare surcharge tier before conversion income stacks.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

It was $600 in all, a hefty sum in 1915—plus the surcharge for interest.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

The forecast restrictions to navigation are the latest in a series of low-water warnings affecting shipping that are spurring carriers to impose special surcharges.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

I have a handle on Medicare surcharges and the $6,000 senior additional deduction rules.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

The airline has adjusted fuel surcharges multiple times since the war broke out in February.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

They were also ordered to pay victim surcharges totalling £2,960, and costs of £17,250.

From BBC Aug. 4, 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

Condo owners and renters on average were surcharged less.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

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

The new settlement being discussed also would involve surcharging, the people said.

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

Cars and light-goods vehicles face fines of up to £480 per day for repeated breaches of the rules, known as surcharging, with penalties of up to £960 for buses and HGVs.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2023

I had done thus, although my high-church principles had hindered me from surcharging the phantom with the usual quantity of deformity.

From Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Henry Digby Beste




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