over-charge
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vərˈtʃɑrdʒ; verb (used with object)
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.
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World English Dictionary
| overcharge | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to charge too much |
| 2. | (tr) to fill or load beyond capacity |
| 3. | literary another word for exaggerate |
| —n | |
| 4. | an excessive price or charge |
| 5. | an excessive load |
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overcharge
c.1300, "to overload, overburden," from over + charge. Meaning "to charge someone too much money" is from 1667.
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