v. t. - To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.
v. t. - To overstock; especially, to put more cattle into, as a common, than the person has a right to do, or more than the herbage will sustain. Blackstone.
v. t. - To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.
n. - An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.
n. - The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to.
n. - The showing an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given.
v. t. - To print or write a surcharge on (a postage stamp).
n. - A charge over the usual or legal rates.
n. - Something printed or written on a postage stamp to give it a new legal effect, as a new valuation, a place, a date, etc.; also (Colloq.), a stamp with a surcharge.