surchargement

noun

surchargement

noun

Etymology From surcharge + -ment.

1

Obsolete The act of surcharging; a surcharge or surplus.

  • […]that continuall ſurchargement of people, as they were forced to vnburthen themſelues on other countries[…]1612, Samuel Danyel [i.e., Daniel], “The Second Booke of the Historie of England: The Life of William. I”, in The First Part of the Historie of England, London: […] Nicholas Okes, […], →OCLC, page 76:

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