what does mean surcharge while purchase?why it is levied?

Answer 1

An additional charge that is added to the original sale price, for one reason or another.

Some shops accept only cash payments. For payments by credit cards, they add on a certain percentage of the sale price (to cover their losses with the credit card payments).

Hotels are usually full on some holiday periods/season. During these times, they might add on a surcharge (for festive/peak period bookings) on top of the normal room rate. This is to maximise revenue (taking advantage of the situation).

Answer 2

It' a razzle dazzle play on words, like when the government calls it a 'Fee' instead of 'Tax', but they are one and the same (it's 'Disingenuous'). It' really an increase in the purchase price to offset the increase in fuel cost incurred by the seller. Instead of being honest and saying they are increasing the purchase price to cover the increase in fuel prices, they call it a surcharge or fee or whatever. They don't want to lose their customers from higher prices. When fuel prices drop, so does the surcharge, supposedly.