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Overcharge
Definitions
- 1 An excessive load or burden.
- 2 a price that is too high wordnet
- 3 An excessive charge in an account.
- 4 Any amount erroneously charged to a customer above the correct price for a product or service.
"I just left out a couple of things. Rust-proofing, transport charge, storage surcharge, additional overcharge, finder's fee, […] floor mats, keys […]"
- 1 To charge (somebody) more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill. ambitransitive
"Meanwhile, the tolls dispute had gone to the courts, and the E.L.R. was completely successful when, in 1856, the House of Lords awarded it the sum of £30,000 against the L.Y.R. for tolls overcharged."
- 2 place too much a load on wordnet
- 3 To continue to charge (an electrical device) beyond its capacity. transitive
- 4 rip off; ask an unreasonable price wordnet
- 5 To charge (someone) with an inflated number or degree of legal charges (for example, charging them with a more serious crime than was committed); to upcharge.
"The police, fully aware of the reality of plea bargaining, often overcharge (if they don't, then the prosecutor does). The police also may overcharge in order to develop informants."
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- 6 To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress. dated, transitive
"it serves to no better use but only to labour and overcharge the ships' sides in any grown seas and foul weather."
- 7 To fill too full; to crowd. dated, transitive
"October 22, 1706, Alexander Pope, letter to Mr. Walsh Our language is naturally overcharged with consonants."
- 8 To exaggerate. dated, transitive
"to overcharge a description"
Etymology
From Middle English overchargen, equivalent to over- + charge.
From Middle English overchargen, equivalent to over- + charge.
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