surcharge

supplément, surtaxe

Somme ajoutée au prix habituel ou convenu.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : surcharge on something (There is a surcharge on overseas orders.); surcharge for something (They charge a surcharge for express delivery.)

Synonymes : extra charge, additional fee

Expressions courantes : fuel surcharge, surcharge on something, pay a surcharge

reste à charge

Part du prix que vous payez vous-même, car les aides publiques ou autres ne la couvrent pas.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : copayment

Expressions courantes : consumer surcharge, surcharge for something

surcharge

Impression ajoutée sur un timbre pour modifier la valeur qu’il indique.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : overprint

Expressions courantes : stamp surcharge, red surcharge

surcharge d’émail

Image ou motif peint avec un émail clair sur une base d’émail plus foncée.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : enamel surcharge, a delicate surcharge

surtaxer

Faire payer à quelqu’un une somme en plus du prix habituel.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : surcharge someone for something (The airline surcharged us for extra baggage.)

Synonymes : charge extra

Expressions courantes : surcharge someone, surcharge a payment

surcharger

Imposer à quelque chose plus de poids ou de pression qu’il ne peut en supporter sans danger.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : overload, overburden

Expressions courantes : surcharge a ship, surcharge an animal

surcharger de bétail

Mettre sur un terrain plus de bétail qu’il ne peut nourrir ou que la réglementation ne l’autorise.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : overstock

Expressions courantes : surcharge a pasture, surcharge the common

relever un crédit omis

Montrer qu’un compte omet une somme qui aurait dû être inscrite au crédit.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : surcharge an account, surcharge the accounts