| Main Entry: | surcharge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fee |
Synonyms: |
additional charge, cost, expense, extra, overcharge, overload, payment, price, surtax, tax |
| Main Entry: | excise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tax on goods |
Synonyms: |
customs, duty, import tax, levy, surcharge, tariff, toll |
| Main Entry: | expense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cost, payment |
Synonyms: |
amount, assessment, bite*, bottom line, budget, charge, consumption, debit, debt, decrement, deprivation, disbursement, duty, expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, insurance, investment, liability, loan, loss, mortgage, obligation, out of pocket, outdo, outlay, output, overhead, payroll, price, price tag, rate, responsibility, risk, sacrifice, spending, sum, surcharge, tariff, toll, upkeep, use, value, worth |
| Notes: | expenditure refers to an actual outlay of money or goods, whereas expense has a more general sense, a charge or cost of goods or property; we have expenses, but we make expenditures |
| Main Entry: | inflate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blow up, increase |
Synonyms: |
aerate, aggrandize, amplify, augment, balloon, beef up, bloat, boost, build up, cram, dilate, distend, enlarge, escalate, exaggerate, exalt, expand, flesh out, magnify, maximize, overestimate, pad, puff up, pump up, pyramid, raise, spread, stretch, surcharge, swell up, widen |
Antonyms: |
compress, contract, deflate, let air out, shrink |