surcharge

recargo

Cantidad que se añade al precio habitual o acordado.

En inglés sencillo: An extra amount added to the usual or agreed price.

• There is a surcharge for weekend delivery.
• The airline added a fuel surcharge.
• Did you pay a surcharge for using your card?

Cómo se usa: surcharge on something (There is a surcharge on overseas orders.); surcharge for something (They charge a surcharge for express delivery.)

Sinónimos: extra charge, additional fee

Expresiones frecuentes: fuel surcharge, surcharge on something, pay a surcharge

copago

Parte del precio que pagas tú porque no la cubren las ayudas públicas u otras ayudas económicas.

En inglés sencillo: The part of a price you pay yourself because public or other financial support does not cover it.

• The subsidy leaves a small surcharge for consumers.
• Her benefit covered most costs, but a surcharge remained.
• Patients pay the surcharge that public funding does not cover.

Sinónimos: copayment

Expresiones frecuentes: consumer surcharge, surcharge for something

sobrecarga

Impresión añadida a un sello postal para cambiar el valor que indica.

En inglés sencillo: Extra printing on a postage stamp that changes its stated value.

• The stamp has a red surcharge.
• Collectors examined the surcharge under a magnifying glass.
• A surcharge raised the stamp’s value during inflation.

Sinónimos: overprint

Expresiones frecuentes: stamp surcharge, red surcharge

pintura superpuesta en esmalte

Imagen o diseño pintado con esmalte claro sobre una base de esmalte más oscuro.

En inglés sencillo: A picture or design painted in lighter enamel over a darker enamel base.

• The artist added a pale enamel surcharge.
• A delicate surcharge covered the dark enamel base.
• Firing preserved the lighter colors of the surcharge.

Expresiones frecuentes: enamel surcharge, a delicate surcharge

aplicar un recargo

Hacer que alguien pague una cantidad adicional al precio habitual.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone pay an extra amount on top of the usual price.

• The hotel surcharges guests for late checkout.
• We were surcharged for paying by card.
• Will they surcharge this order for express delivery?

Cómo se usa: surcharge someone for something (The airline surcharged us for extra baggage.)

Sinónimos: charge extra

Expresiones frecuentes: surcharge someone, surcharge a payment

sobrecargar

Poner sobre algo más peso o presión de lo que puede soportar sin peligro.

En inglés sencillo: To put more weight or pressure on something than it can safely carry.

• They surcharged the ship with heavy cargo.
• The mule was surcharged and could barely walk.
• Too much powder had surcharged the cannon.

Sinónimos: overload, overburden

Expresiones frecuentes: surcharge a ship, surcharge an animal

sobrecargar de ganado

Poner en un terreno más ganado del que puede alimentar o del que está permitido.

En inglés sencillo: To put more farm animals on land than it can feed or than you are allowed to keep there.

• The farmer surcharged the common with cattle.
• Too many sheep had surcharged the pasture.
• Owners were fined if they surcharged the shared grazing land.

Sinónimos: overstock

Expresiones frecuentes: surcharge a pasture, surcharge the common

señalar un abono omitido

Señalar que una cuenta omite una cantidad que debería haberse registrado como abono.

En inglés sencillo: To show that an account leaves out an amount that should have been recorded as a credit.

• The auditor surcharged the account for an omitted credit.
• They sought to surcharge the accounts using payment records.
• She surcharged the account after finding the missing entry.

Expresiones frecuentes: surcharge an account, surcharge the accounts