overpays
- present tense form of overpay (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The two biggest contracts of the offseason, signed by first baseman Eric Hosmer and pitcher Yu Darvish, already look like overpays, as neither has impressed this year.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2018
Typically the acquirer overpays for the synergies on offer, exaggerates or overestimates them in its lust to justify a deal, or botches the subsequent integration of the organisations.
From Economist ● Nov. 13, 2014
If he overpays for a player who wins Arsenal the league then it has got to be worth it.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2013
He overpays or dotes on them, creates an entitled atmosphere.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2013
I have received your letter of the 23d, and it certainly overpays me, when you thank instead of scolding me, as I feared.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace
