单词 | over-chargeable |
释义 | † over-chargeableadj. Obsolete. Involving too much expense, or more expense than is justified; too costly. Also: too onerous or troublesome. ΘΚΠ 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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