The AMBER Alert Program is a voluntary partnership between law enforcement agencies, broadcasters, transportation agencies, and the wireless industry, to activate an urgent bulletin in the most serious child-abduction cases.
A fee or other charge that is added to the cost of a good or service. A surcharge is typically added to an existing tax, and may not be included in the stated price of a good or service. It may be a temporary measure to defray the cost of increased commodity pricing, such as with a fuel surcharge, or it may be permanent.
A surcharge may mean: 1  an extra fee added onto another fee or charge. 2  fuel surcharge, sky freight charges which represents additions due to jet fuel prices. 3  bunker adjustment factor, sea freight charges which represents additions due to oil prices.  surcharge (payment systems) charged when paying with cheque, credit, charge or debit card.