The employer sued to recover overpayment of wages.
Source: wiktionary
Overpayment
Synonyms for "overpayment"
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6 translations across 4 languages.
French
2 entries- surpaye noun (payment exceeding the amount actually due)
- trop-perçu noun (payment exceeding the amount actually due)
German
2 entries- Überbezahlung noun (payment exceeding the amount actually due)
- Überzahlung noun (payment exceeding the amount actually due)
Hungarian
1 entries- túlfizetés noun (payment exceeding the amount actually due)
Polish
1 entries- nadpłata noun (payment exceeding the amount actually due)
Sample sentences
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The Social Security Administration announced Friday that it will no longer automatically withhold 100% of the overpayment amount from recipients’ monthly benefits. Instead, it will collect 10% – or $10, whichever is greater – to recover the overpayment. […] The Social Security Administration recovered more than $4.9 billion in overpayments in fiscal year 2023 but still ended the year with a total balance of $23 billion in uncollected payments.
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