Meaning & use
Surcharges
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Additional charges added to the usual cost of something, often as a penalty, fee, or extra cost.
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The airline added fuel surcharges to nearly every international ticket that year.
Late payments incurred surcharges of five percent per month.
A note on using this word
Surcharges are typically itemized separately from the base price, which lets a company advertise a lower headline price while recovering costs elsewhere.
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extra feesadditional charges
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