overpay
verb (used with object)
to pay more than (an amount due).
had overpaid
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past perfectof overpay.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The proportion of 1,000 marketing and procurement leaders surveyed by Billion Dollar Boy who said they felt they had overpaid for creator fees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The only specific financial outcome of the report: Auditors discovered the Angels had overpaid $95,000 in ticket revenue to the city in 2021.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
Musk acknowledged he had overpaid for the company.
From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2023
CBS shareholders filed three separate suits, which were later consolidated, alleging the company had overpaid for Viacom, clearing the way for media mogul Shari Redstone to reunite the family's media holdings.
From Reuters ● Apr. 22, 2023
He did not notice it at the time, but after his customer had gone he saw that she had overpaid him.
From The Beginner's American History by D. H. (David Henry) Montgomery
