overpay
verb (used with object)
to pay more than (an amount due).
have overpaid
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present perfectof overpay.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Though there is no legal requirement for any council to notify individuals that they have overpaid, authorities will issue a closing bill or do so if there is a change in circumstance.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2022
“But there is more than one way to pay for a crime, and I have overpaid for mine.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 11, 2019
In effect, CVR, and thus Icahn, claimed to have overpaid for the process that left the activist investor with a now 82 percent stake in the Sugar Land, Texas-based petroleum refiner and nitrogen fertilizer manufacturer.
From Reuters ● Oct. 27, 2016
Jerry Jones later lamented the failure, saying “I probably should have overpaid there.’
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2016
You put it to me that you wanted to buy me, and I could name the price—you have overpaid it.
From Man and Maid by Elinor Glyn
