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单词 over-chargeable
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over-chargeableadj.

Forms: see over- prefix and chargeable adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, chargeable adj.
Etymology: < over- prefix + chargeable adj., after overcharge v.
Obsolete.
Involving too much expense, or more expense than is justified; too costly. Also: too onerous or troublesome.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > high price or rate > [adjective] > dear or expensive > excessively
overdearc1325
over-chargeable?c1422
over-costly1553
unaffordable1825
overpriced1881
gold-plated1946
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > encumbering > burdening > excessively
over-chargeful1451
over-chargeable1539
overburdensome1581
overweighing1590
overburdening1601
?c1422 T. Hoccleve Ars Sciendi Mori l. 922 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 212 Ouer chargeable is, by my leautee, To medle with ynow the firste part.
1450 Rolls of Parl. V. 180/2 Ye..promysed..to entend personally to the seid Convention with youre seid gret Adversarie, in your seid Reame of Fraunce, which shuld have be to you over chargeable, or likely perdicion of your moost Roiall persone.
1513–14 Act 5 Hen. VIII c. 7 Preamble Compelled to..buy..Ledder..with overchargeable price.
1539 R. Taverner Second Bk. Garden of Wysdome sig. D.i To greuouse and ouer chargeable to the commons.
1584 W. Warner Pan his Syrinx ii. vii. 33 Good wine lacketh no tasters nor fayre women sutors, with an easie price and an iuie bush bad wine also is vttered: if she be poore then ouer chargeable to him that shall keepe her, and then shee flincheth.
1621 F. Bacon Let. 30 Jan. (1763) 295 I still bear a little of the mind of a Commissioner of the Treasury, not to be overchargeable to his Majesty.
a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) i. xi. 141 Decent, not flaring not over-chargeable garments.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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