overpay
verb (used with object)
to pay more than (an amount due).
have been overpaying
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present perfect progressiveof overpay.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The city pays that even though officials have been told by different entities that they have been overpaying landlords to house low-income residents.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2023
“Many people have been overpaying for travel insurance plans, because whoever sold the policy to them failed to tell them that they didn’t need cancel-for-any-reason coverage,” he says.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2021
The reason United have been overpaying for players is that they are to some extent desperate and all the selling clubs in Europe know it.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 6, 2014
The English and Americans have been overpaying him for so many years that to receive now an exact fare from foreigners fills him with dismay.
From A Wanderer in Venice by Harry Morley
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