Surcharge

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1. Verb

To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.

2. Verb

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.

3. Verb

To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.

4. Noun

An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.

5. Noun

The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to.

6. Noun

The showing an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given.
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