surcharged
Hit with fees
Surcharged describes something that has had an extra charge or fee added to it: The surcharged items reflected the new import duties.
In philately, a surcharged stamp has been overprinted with a new value, typically when postal rates change.
The word also means overloaded or overburdened: a surcharged schedule, emotions surcharged with grief.
Costing more than warranted
- expensiveCosting much money
- inflatedExpanded with gas
- gougedCarved or overcharged
- exorbitantUnreasonably high, as costs
costly · steep · premium · markup · extortionate · excessive · usurious · high-priced
Carrying a heavy load
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- saturatedThoroughly soaked through
- ladenHeavily weighted down
- encumberedMade difficult to move
strained · taxed · overburdened · overfilled · overworked · overtaxed · maxed-out · stretched
overpriced
Costing more than warranted
exorbitant · costly · steep · premium · markup · extortionate · excessive · usurious · high-priced · profiteering
burdened
Carrying a heavy load
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- saturatedThoroughly soaked through
- ladenHeavily weighted down
encumbered · strained · taxed · overburdened · overfilled · overworked · overtaxed · maxed-out · stretched · pressured
surchargedundercharged
Charged below correct amount
discounted · subsidized · rebated · reduced · marked down
surchargedunderloaded
Bearing insufficient weight
unburdened · emptied · lightened · depleted · underfilled
- fuel surchargeAdded cost for transport expenses
- holiday surchargeExtra charge during celebrations