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overcharge

[ verb oh-ver-chahrj; noun oh-ver-chahrj ]

verb (used with object)

overcharged, overcharging.
  1. to charge (a purchaser) too high a price:

    When the manager realized we'd been overcharged, she gave us a credit for the difference.

  2. to fill too full; overload.
  3. to exaggerate:

    to overcharge the importance of ancestry.



verb (used without object)

overcharged, overcharging.
  1. to make an excessive charge; charge too much for something.

noun

  1. a charge in excess of a stated or just price.
  2. an act of overcharging.
  3. an excessive load.

overcharge

verb

  1. to charge too much
  2. tr to fill or load beyond capacity
  3. literary.
    another word for exaggerate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an excessive price or charge
  2. an excessive load
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of overcharge1

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; over-, charge
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