overcharge

[ verb oh-ver-chahrj; noun oh-ver-chahrj ]

verb (used with object)

, o·ver·charged, o·ver·charg·ing.

1. to charge (a purchaser) too high a price:

   When the manager realized we'd been overcharged, she gave us a credit for the difference.

2. to fill too full; overload.
3. to exaggerate:

   to overcharge the importance of ancestry.

verb (used without object)

, o·ver·charged, o·ver·charg·ing.

1. to make an excessive charge; charge too much for something.

noun

1. a charge in excess of a stated or just price.
2. an act of overcharging.
3. an excessive load.

overcharge

verb

1. to charge too much
2. tr to fill or load beyond capacity
3. See exaggerate
   literary.
   another word for exaggerate

noun

1. an excessive price or charge
2. an excessive load

Other Words From

• over·charger noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of overcharge¹

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; over-, charge

Example Sentences

In this way you avoid unpleasant company during your drive, and overcharge at the end of it.

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I have known him to examine into the cost of a cab, and object to an apparent overcharge of a few cents.

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Let her avoid whatever is hot seasoned, especially pies and baked meats, which being of hot digestion, overcharge the stomach.

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By following this plan I generally escaped overcharge and inconvenience.

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We only buy from R—— when he is discreet, and does not overcharge; which, entre nous, he is very apt to do.

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