surcharger

English

Etymology

surcharge + -er

Noun

surcharger (plural surchargers)

  1. One who surcharges.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for surcharger in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)


French

Etymology

sur- + charger

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒe/

Verb

surcharger

  1. (transitive) to overcharge
  2. (transitive) to overload, overburden, overcrowd
  3. (transitive) to surcharge

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written surcharge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

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