A surcharge may refer to:
*An extra
fee
A fee is the price one pays as remuneration for rights or services. Fees usually allow for overhead, wages, costs, and markup. Traditionally, professionals in the United Kingdom (and previously the Republic of Ireland) receive a fee in contrad ...
added onto another fee or charge
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Bunker adjustment factor Bunker adjustment factor, bunker surcharge or BAF refers to the floating part of sea freight charges which represents additions due to oil prices. BAF charges used to be determined by Carrier Conferences to be applicable for a certain period on a ...
, sea freight charges which represents additions due to oil prices
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Surcharge (payment systems)
A payment surcharge, also known as checkout fee, is an extra fee charged by a merchant when receiving a payment by cheque, credit card, charge card, debit card or an e-money account, but not cash, which at least covers the cost to the merchant o ...
, charged by merchants when receiving payment by cheque, credit, charge or debit card
*An
overprint
An overprint is an additional layer of text or graphics added to the face of a Postage stamp, postage or revenue stamp, postal stationery, banknote or Ticket (admission), ticket after it has been Printing, printed. Post offices most often use ...
that affects the value of a postage stamp
*A
surcharge (sanction)
Prior to 2000 a local government officer or councillor in the United Kingdom, who had unlawfully spent public funds, or caused loss to a local authority through misconduct could be surcharged to recover public money. The surcharge was applied, aft ...
against a public servant who has abused public funds
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Surtax
A surtax is a tax levied upon another tax, also known as tax surcharge.
Canada
The provincial portion of the value-added tax on goods and services in two Canadian jurisdictions, Quebec and Prince Edward Island, was formerly calculated as a sur ...
, extra tax levied upon tax
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Surcharge (soil load)
A surcharge may refer to:
*An extra fee added onto another fee or charge
** Bunker adjustment factor, sea freight charges which represents additions due to oil prices
** Surcharge (payment systems), charged by merchants when receiving payment by c ...
, vertical loads applied to the ground surface on the uphill side of a
retaining wall
Retaining walls are relatively rigid walls used for supporting soil laterally so that it can be retained at different levels on the two sides. Retaining walls are structures designed to restrain soil to a slope that it would not naturally keep to ...
* Surcharge, or
hydraulic head
Hydraulic head or piezometric head is a measurement related to liquid pressure (normalized by specific weight) and the liquid elevation above a vertical datum., 410 pages. See pp. 43–44., 650 pages. See p. 22, eq.3.2a.
It is usually meas ...
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