| 单词 | overpay |
| 释义 | overpay (oʊvəʳpeɪ ) Word forms: overpays , overpaying , overpaid 1. verb If you overpay someone, or if you overpay for something, you pay more than is necessary or reasonable. Management has to make sure it does not overpay its staff. [VERB noun] The council is said to have been overpaying for repairs made by its housing department. [VERB + for] The scheme will overpay some lawyers and underpay others. [VERB noun] 2. See also overpaid Collocations: overpay tax More than 1.5m people have been told that they were overpaid tax credits and should now give back the money. Times, Sunday Times The taxman has abandoned hope of collecting an extra 1 billion of overpaid tax credits. Times, Sunday Times The problems highlighted by accountancy firms included delays refunding overpaid tax, unanswered telephone calls to helplines and blunders in the calculation of tax owed. Times, Sunday Times The tricksters said their clients had overpaid tax - and asked for the rebates to be deposited in a specially set up bank account. The Sun About 1,850 families reclaimed overpaid tax in the 2019-20 tax year, compared with 858 in 2017-18. Times,Sunday Times |
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