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▪ I. ˈoverˌprice, n. ? Obs.
[over- 29 d.]
Excess of price; an excessive price.
1622Malynes Anc. Law-Merch. 247 Omitting to reckon the ouerprices, which were made and gotten by the sale thereof in forraine countries. 1680Otway Orphan ii. iv, Pride..will usurp a little, Make us..Pay over-price. 1702Farquhar Twin-Rivals i. ii, My assiduity beforehand was an overprice.
▪ II. overˈprice, v.
[over- 22, 27.]
trans. To price (something) more highly or excessively highly; to price a commodity beyond the means of (someone). Also absol. Hence ˈover-ˈpriced ppl. a., having too high prices. Also, of a commodity: priced too highly; overˈpricing vbl. n.
1605P. Erondelle French Garden sig. Kv, Buye for me yonder waistcoate..for if I cheapen it, they will ouer price it me by the halfe, As for you, they knowe you haue better skill in it. 1881A. Knox New Playgr. (1883) 56 Over-populated, over-priced Mustapha. 1972K. Bonfiglioli Don't point that Thing at Me i. 5 He was the second greatest art-dealer of the century: he poisoned his life trying to over-price Duveen out of the field. 1976‘Z. Stone’ Modigliani Scandal i. iii. 29 My view is that you have been over⁓priced for some time... At present few of your canvases deserve to fetch more than {pstlg}325. 1977T. Heald Just Desserts vii. 153 Rubbery prawns with over-priced vinegary Mexican wine. 1977D. Clark Gimmel Flask iii. 49 The antique world offers tremendous scope for faking,..underselling, overpricing and so on. 1978M. Kenyon Deep Pocket i. 5 The vendors of over-priced ice-cream at Marble Arch. |