Money
Synonyms for surcharge
The synonym for surcharge recorded in this bank is levy, in the sense "an additional charge or payment added to the usual cost". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for surcharge
- levynoun, in the sense "an additional charge or payment added to the usual cost"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and surcharge carries one sense so far.
an additional charge or payment added to the usual cost
The airline added a fuel surcharge to every ticket that summer.
The true synonym
levy
Same sentence, swapped: The airline added a fuel levy to every ticket that summer.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot surcharge is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- discount
- refund
- credit
Where surcharge turns up in the game
surcharge is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where surcharge is the trap
- gratuitynoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is tip, in the sense "money given in appreciation of good service, a tip", with surcharge sitting one tile away.
- windfallnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is bonanza, in the sense "an unexpected and often substantial sum of money", so surcharge is there to be ruled out.
- levyverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is impose, in the sense "impose and collect", and surcharge is one of the three tiles that lose.
- lubricateverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is lube, in the sense "apply a lubricant to", with surcharge sitting one tile away.
Play surcharge
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so surcharge reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because money is the company surcharge keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. surcharge carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.