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overcharge
[ verb oh-ver-chahrj; noun oh-ver-chahrj ]
verb (used with object)
- to charge (a purchaser) too high a price:
When the manager realized we'd been overcharged, she gave us a credit for the difference.
- to fill too full; overload.
- to exaggerate:
to overcharge the importance of ancestry.
verb (used without object)
noun
- a charge in excess of a stated or just price.
- an act of overcharging.
- an excessive load.
overcharge
noun
- an excessive price or charge
- an excessive load
Other Words From
- over·charger noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of overcharge1
Example Sentences
In this way you avoid unpleasant company during your drive, and overcharge at the end of it.
I have known him to examine into the cost of a cab, and object to an apparent overcharge of a few cents.
Let her avoid whatever is hot seasoned, especially pies and baked meats, which being of hot digestion, overcharge the stomach.
By following this plan I generally escaped overcharge and inconvenience.
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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