overcharge
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.
Origin of overcharge
1Other words from overcharge
- o·ver·charg·er, noun
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How to use overcharge in a sentence
Slim's overcharges reduce average living standards of the Mexican family more than $600 per year.
Is the New York Times Biased in Favor of Carlos Slim? | Justin Green | March 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAs for the allegations of overcharges, Gans insists the audit findings were exaggerated.
Supreme Group Probed Over No-Bid Contracts to Feed Troops in Afghanistan | Aram Roston | November 27, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTNapoleon examined his domestic bills himself, detected overcharges and errors.
How to Succeed | Orison Swett MardenSome years ago complaints were made by certain French traders of overcharges; these were investigated, and money was refunded.
The Contemporary Review, January 1883 | VariousOvercharges allowed from eight in the morning to half past ten in the forenoon, and from five to eight in the evening.
A Description of Modern Birmingham | Charles Pye
Naturally, they were disgruntled at this, and we offered them such splendid opportunities for working off overcharges of spleen.
Kitchener's Mob | James Norman HallToo much overcharges nature, and turns more into disease than nourishment.
Many Thoughts of Many Minds | Various
British Dictionary definitions for overcharge
to charge too much
(tr) to fill or load beyond capacity
literary another word for exaggerate
an excessive price or charge
an excessive load
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