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overpay

[ oh-ver-pey ]

verb (used with object)

, o·ver·paid, o·ver·pay·ing.
  1. to pay more than (an amount due):

    I received a credit after overpaying the bill.

  2. to pay (a person) in excess.


overpay

/ ˌəʊvəˈpeɪ /

verb

  1. to pay (someone) at too high a rate
  2. to pay (someone) more than is due, as by an error


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Other Words From

  • o·ver·pay·ment [oh-ver-, pey, -m, uh, nt, oh, -ver-pey-m, uh, nt], noun
  • uno·ver·paid adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of overpay1

First recorded in 1595–1605; over- + pay 1

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Example Sentences

Of course it's perfectly reasonable to try to make sure that you don't overpay and end up underwater.

Yes, education is an investment in yourself, but there's no reason to overpay for the asset.

But Lewis, according to White's memo, said he didn't overpay.

He should have been fired already for his decision in 2008 to overpay for both Countrywide Financial and Merrill.

It is not such a triumph to overpay by $3 billion on a $5 billion deal.

The fact is, that it is almost necessary to overpay cabmen, and especially so if the "fare" be at all nervous.

I have been flourishing it about a great deal to pay, or rather overpay, gondoliers.

He binds Himself to repay and overpay all sacrifice in His service.

No American can overpay the debt of gratitude we all of us owe to the officers and enlisted men of the army and of the navy.

After all, immortality opens a large hope, that may overpay the most unspeakable bitterness of life.

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