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surcharge

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


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This implies lower estimates, particularly after the U.K. government raised the banking surcharge last week, the analyst adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The decision reverses a lower court’s ruling that said the surcharge unlawfully put the burden on homeowners to prove their residency status when city officials should have verified that information themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

It is surcharge added to standard monthly premiums for Medicare.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

The bank levy generated £1.4bn last year and the surcharge a further £1.2bn.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

When the eldest son was gone Wang Lung felt the house was purged of some surcharge of unrest and it was a relief to him.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

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

So much taxable money taken out could eventually push you over the income limit for the Medicare surcharges known as IRMAA, which start at $222,000 for a married couple.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 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

The agreement would have created a little more flexibility for merchants that want to charge consumers extra when they pay by credit card, a practice known as surcharging.

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

As for more money, he suggested surcharging passengers for their trips through tunnels, capturing revenue from commercial development around stations and allowing the authority to issue revenue bonds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2018

A human cloud, surcharging itself with electric fire, lay swelling on the horizon of our little assembly; but I did not anticipate much danger from any storm that could break from such a quarter.

From Adela Cathcart, Volume 2 by George MacDonald


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