Word Meanings - SURCHARGEMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of surcharging; also, surcharge, surplus. Daniel.

SURPLUS
1. That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus. 2. Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.
SURCHARGE
1. To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon. Four charged two, and two surcharged one. Spenser. Your head reclined, as hiding grief from view, Droops like a rose surcharged
SURCHARGEMENT
The act of surcharging; also, surcharge, surplus. Daniel.
SURCHARGER
One who surcharges.
DANIEL
A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge. A Daniel come to judgment. Shak.
SURPLUSAGE
Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and which may be rejected. (more info) 1. Surplus; excess; overplus; as, surplusage of grain or goods beyond what is wanted. Take what thou please of all this surplusage. Spenser.
CONSUMER'S SURPLUS
The excess that a purchaser would be willing to pay for a commodity over that he does pay, rather than go without the commodity; -- called also consumer's rent. The price which a person pays for a thing can never exceed, and seldom comes up to,
PRODUCER'S SURPLUS; PRODUCER'S RENT
Any profit above the normal rate of interest and wages accruing to a producer on account of some monopoly of the means or materials of production; -- called also Producer's rent.