overpayment
Americannoun
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overpayments
plural
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a payment which exceeds the amount owed; the amount paid in excess of what is owed.
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the act of paying more than is owed.
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Buyers with the lowest debt burdens relative to their incomes tend to have the highest rate of overpayment, the research found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Normally, when you get an overpayment notice in the mail, you need to pay the agency back within 30 days.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
Estée Lauder’s stock has tumbled 24% this year, with investors concerned about consumer spending and potential overpayment in the deal.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
Dudley took her mother off auto pay and said AT&T sent gift cards to compensate for overpayment.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2025
"Respect given and taken truly balances the account between man and man," was the way he put it, "but veneration is overpayment."
From The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore
At the same time, officials in the office debated filing a claim against the state to argue that the overpayments were not the fault of the employees, according to the audit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
With respect to the overpayments, the second employee is now in a repayment plan, according to the spokesperson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Florida last year started requiring health providers to promptly issue refunds of overpayments to patients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Ray Lawton, 70, was told in July he owed £8,000 following six years of overpayments.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
For either purpose a comparatively small sum is required, while the level premium company must pile up tens of millions of overpayments to cover the requirements of the principle on which it conducts its business.
From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5 by Various
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