overpay
[ oh-ver-pey ]
Origin of overpay
1Other words from overpay
- o·ver·pay·ment [oh-ver-pey-muhnt, oh-ver-pey-muhnt], /ˌoʊ vərˈpeɪ mənt, ˈoʊ vərˌpeɪ mənt/, noun
- un·o·ver·paid, adjective
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How to use overpay in a sentence
It overpays all the services I have attempted to render my country.
General Scott | General Marcus J. WrightThese are among the feelings with which Providence sometimes overpays the want of wealth.
The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales | Hannah MoreNay, if Heaven shuts my fathers heart against me, it overpays my little merit in the tenderness of my mother.
Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century | Samuel JohnsonHe who assumes Praise to himself, the World will think overpays himself.
An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume I (of 2) | Colley Cibber
British Dictionary definitions for overpay
overpay
/ (ˌəʊvəˈpeɪ) /
verb-pays, -paying or -paid
to pay (someone) at too high a rate
to pay (someone) more than is due, as by an error
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