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o⋅ver⋅charge

  [v. oh-ver-chahrj; n. oh-ver-chahrj] verb, -charged, -charg⋅ing, noun
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–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.
–verb (used without object)
4. to make an excessive charge; charge too much for something.
–noun
5. a charge in excess of a stated or just price.
6. an act of overcharging.
7. an excessive load.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME; see over-, charge

Related forms:
o⋅ver⋅charg⋅er, noun
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o·ver·charge   (ō'vər-chärj')   
v.   o·ver·charged, o·ver·charg·ing, o·ver·charg·es

v.   tr.

  1. To charge (a party) an excessive price for something.

  2. To fill too full; overload.

  3. To overstate or exaggerate.

v.   intr.
To charge too much.
n.   (ō'vər-chärj')

  1. Abbr. o/c An excessive charge or price.

  2. A load or burden that is too full or heavy.

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Word Origin & History

overcharge  (v.)
1303, "to overload, overburden," from over + charge. Meaning "to charge someone too much money" is from 1667.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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