overbillv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈbɪl/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈbɪl/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, bill v.³

Etymology: < over- prefix + bill v.³ With sense 2 compare earlier underbill v.

1. transitive. To publicize excessively or extravagantly. rare.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Mag. Apr. 810/2 Through the act of an overzealous agent, my engagement in San Francisco was an unmistakable failure. Before my arrival I had been ‘overbilled’, as it is technically termed. If a circus had been coming the placards could hardly have been more numerous.

1996 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 1 Feb. 27/1 This distillation..was later published almost verbatim by Times Books as The Packwood Report, over-billed in Washington Post staff writer Helen Dewar's introduction as a ‘story of sex, power, and pathos’.

2. transitive. To make out or send a bill or invoice for (something) with a charge in excess of that which is due, esp. with the intention to defraud; to overcharge (a person). Also occasionally intransitive.

ΚΠ

1969 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Sept. 1/5 If large numbers of people held supplementary insurance, officials reasoned doctors would not hesitate to overbill.

1986 Business Rev. Weekly July 25 22/3 If you owned a factory, you could buy dollars from the Government at special cheap rates to import machinery, parts and materials. You could then move the cheap dollars out of the country by overbilling machinery imports by 200 or 300 per cent.

1997 World & I (Electronic ed.) 1 Aug. 298 Home-health-care providers, and especially durable medical equipment suppliers, frequently overbill Medicare for services and equipment.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overbill
释义	overbillv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈbɪl/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈbɪl/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, bill v.³ Etymology: < over- prefix + bill v.³ With sense 2 compare earlier underbill v. 1. transitive. To publicize excessively or extravagantly. rare. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Mag. Apr. 810/2 Through the act of an overzealous agent, my engagement in San Francisco was an unmistakable failure. Before my arrival I had been ‘overbilled’, as it is technically termed. If a circus had been coming the placards could hardly have been more numerous. 1996 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 1 Feb. 27/1 This distillation..was later published almost verbatim by Times Books as The Packwood Report, over-billed in Washington Post staff writer Helen Dewar's introduction as a ‘story of sex, power, and pathos’. 2. transitive. To make out or send a bill or invoice for (something) with a charge in excess of that which is due, esp. with the intention to defraud; to overcharge (a person). Also occasionally intransitive. ΚΠ 1969 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Sept. 1/5 If large numbers of people held supplementary insurance, officials reasoned doctors would not hesitate to overbill. 1986 Business Rev. Weekly July 25 22/3 If you owned a factory, you could buy dollars from the Government at special cheap rates to import machinery, parts and materials. You could then move the cheap dollars out of the country by overbilling machinery imports by 200 or 300 per cent. 1997 World & I (Electronic ed.) 1 Aug. 298 Home-health-care providers, and especially durable medical equipment suppliers, frequently overbill Medicare for services and equipment. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1890
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