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
Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2023
Josephson’s bill would increase that surcharge slightly.
—James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2022
Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 2 Nov. 2024
Residents will put up their end of the bargain starting in February, when a half-cent-per-dollar sales tax surcharge goes into effect.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
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The Connecticut Restaurant Association hasn’t weighed in on whether to repeal the meals surcharge or whether to redirect the tax receipts to towns.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2023
Josephson’s bill would increase that surcharge slightly.
—James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2022
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Starbucks’s decision to drop its dairy-free surcharge should help.
—Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 2 Nov. 2024
Residents will put up their end of the bargain starting in February, when a half-cent-per-dollar sales tax surcharge goes into effect.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
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Some argued that banks engaged in practices that gouged consumers, caused overdraft fees to snowball, discouraged some people from keeping money in a bank and caused others to see their bank accounts closed.Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Big-play problems Jacksonville’s defense has been gouged by big plays, most of them through the air.Dan Gelston, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2024
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The fiscal 2025 budget is supported by $1.3 billion in revenue generated from the state’s 4 percent surtax on household income above $1 million, on top of the general state revenue foundation of $40.2 billion that lawmakers and the administration agreed to months ago.State House News Service, Boston Herald, 29 July 2024
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Current Stealth Taxes include the taxation of Social Security benefits, the Medicare premium surtax, and the 3.8% net investment income tax.Bob Carlson, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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East and Gulf Coast port operators late Wednesday struck an agreement with a dockworkers union, resolving a labor dispute that had threatened to halt shipments for a second time in three months.Kate Gibson, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2025
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In December, the Biden administration announced new sanctions on 35 companies and vessels tied to Iranian oil shipments.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Advertisers have accused the parent company of Facebook and Instagram of overcharging by inflating the audience numbers their ads could reach.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Over a dozen stores across North Carolina were caught overcharging customers, including some Target, Family Dollar and Dollar General locations.Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 14 Jan. 2025
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But the president-elect's escalating rhetoric could signal a coming decline in U.S.-Canada relations, while his plan to impose across-the-board tariffs on all foreign goods is likely to have a major effect on trade.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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More politics news → Do Americans support imposing tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada?Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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What can past eras of information overload teach students about critically consuming content in the present?JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
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But how does this kind of compulsive overload develop?Desireé Oostland, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
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One day later Miami would kick off its plans for 2025 right by landing former Georgia starting quarterback Carson Beck in the transfer portal (more on that in a bit), but, still, this Orange Bowl had to sting Cristobal over all that might have been.Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
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That loss hurt, of course, and losing the Super Bowl this time around would sting, too.Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
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The Panama Canal has a long history of sea creatures voyaging through as stowaways on ships’ hulls and in their ballast tanks: oysters from the Indo-Pacific, jellyfish from the Black Sea, worms from mud flats in the Netherlands.Charlie Cordero, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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The vessel's captain said on Sunday there was a leak in the fourth cargo tank and oil was leaking into the ballast tank although no fuel spilt into the water and none of the 14 crew members was in danger, according to the Baza Telegram channel.Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Surcharge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surcharge. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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