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overcharge
o·ver·charge O0178700 (ō′vər-chärj′)v. o·ver·charged, o·ver·charg·ing, o·ver·charg·es v.tr.1. To charge (a party) an excessive price for something.2. To fill too full; overload.3. To overstate or exaggerate.v.intr. To charge too much.n. (ō′vər-chärj′)1. Abbr. o/c An excessive charge or price.2. A load or burden that is too full or heavy.overcharge vb 1. (Commerce) to charge too much 2. (tr) to fill or load beyond capacity 3. literary another word for exaggerate n 4. (Commerce) an excessive price or charge 5. (Commerce) an excessive load o•ver•charge (v. ˌoʊ vərˈtʃɑrdʒ; n. ˈoʊ vərˌtʃɑrdʒ) v. -charged, -charg•ing, n. v.t. 1. to charge (a purchaser) too high a price. 2. to overload. 3. to express too elaborately or dramatically. v.i. 4. to charge too high a price. n. 5. a charge in excess of a stated or just price. 6. an act of overcharging. 7. an excessive load. [1275–1325] overcharge Past participle: overcharged Gerund: overcharging
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| overcharge | | overcharge |
| Present |
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| I overcharge | | you overcharge | | he/she/it overcharges | | we overcharge | | you overcharge | | they overcharge |
| Preterite |
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| I overcharged | | you overcharged | | he/she/it overcharged | | we overcharged | | you overcharged | | they overcharged |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am overcharging | | you are overcharging | | he/she/it is overcharging | | we are overcharging | | you are overcharging | | they are overcharging |
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| I have overcharged | | you have overcharged | | he/she/it has overcharged | | we have overcharged | | you have overcharged | | they have overcharged |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was overcharging | | you were overcharging | | he/she/it was overcharging | | we were overcharging | | you were overcharging | | they were overcharging |
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| I had overcharged | | you had overcharged | | he/she/it had overcharged | | we had overcharged | | you had overcharged | | they had overcharged |
| Future |
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| I will overcharge | | you will overcharge | | he/she/it will overcharge | | we will overcharge | | you will overcharge | | they will overcharge |
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| I will have overcharged | | you will have overcharged | | he/she/it will have overcharged | | we will have overcharged | | you will have overcharged | | they will have overcharged |
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| I will be overcharging | | you will be overcharging | | he/she/it will be overcharging | | we will be overcharging | | you will be overcharging | | they will be overcharging |
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| I have been overcharging | | you have been overcharging | | he/she/it has been overcharging | | we have been overcharging | | you have been overcharging | | they have been overcharging |
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| I will have been overcharging | | you will have been overcharging | | he/she/it will have been overcharging | | we will have been overcharging | | you will have been overcharging | | they will have been overcharging |
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| I had been overcharging | | you had been overcharging | | he/she/it had been overcharging | | we had been overcharging | | you had been overcharging | | they had been overcharging |
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| I would overcharge | | you would overcharge | | he/she/it would overcharge | | we would overcharge | | you would overcharge | | they would overcharge |
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| I would have overcharged | | you would have overcharged | | he/she/it would have overcharged | | we would have overcharged | | you would have overcharged | | they would have overcharged | Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | overcharge - a price that is too high charge - the price charged for some article or service; "the admission charge"extortion - an exorbitant charge | | Verb | 1. | overcharge - rip off; ask an unreasonable pricefleece, gazump, plume, rob, soak, surcharge, hook, pluckextort, gouge, wring, rack, squeeze - obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"undercharge - charge (someone) too little money | | 2. | overcharge - place too much a load on; "don't overload the car"overload, surchargeload, load up, lade, laden - fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay" |
overchargeverb cheat, con (informal), do (slang), skin (slang), stiff (slang), sting (informal), rip off (slang), fleece, defraud, surcharge, swindle, stitch up (slang), rook (slang), short-change, diddle (informal), take for a ride (informal), cozen If you feel a taxi driver has overcharged you, say so.overchargeverb1. To exploit (another) by charging too much for something:fleece.Slang: clip, gouge, nick, rip off, scalp, skin, soak.Idioms: make someone pay through the nose, take someone for a ride , take someone to the cleaners .2. To make (something) seem greater than is actually the case:exaggerate, hyperbolize, inflate, magnify, overstate.Idioms: blow up out of proportion, lay it on thick, stretch the truth.Translationsovercharge (əuvəˈtʃaːdʒ) verb to charge too much. I have been overcharged for these goods. 要價過高 要价过高overcharge
overcharge1. an excessive price or charge 2. an excessive load Overcharge
OverchargeTo assess a buyer too much for a product. For example, one may sell a cheap television worth $200 for $500. Because pricing is somewhat subjective, it can be difficult to determine when someone has been overcharged.overcharge
Synonyms for overchargeverb cheatSynonyms- cheat
- con
- do
- skin
- stiff
- sting
- rip off
- fleece
- defraud
- surcharge
- swindle
- stitch up
- rook
- short-change
- diddle
- take for a ride
- cozen
Synonyms for overchargeverb to exploit (another) by charging too much for somethingSynonyms- fleece
- clip
- gouge
- nick
- rip off
- scalp
- skin
- soak
verb to make (something) seem greater than is actually the caseSynonyms- exaggerate
- hyperbolize
- inflate
- magnify
- overstate
Synonyms for overchargenoun a price that is too highRelated Wordsverb rip offSynonyms- fleece
- gazump
- plume
- rob
- soak
- surcharge
- hook
- pluck
Related Words- extort
- gouge
- wring
- rack
- squeeze
- cheat
- rip off
- chisel
Antonymsverb place too much a load onSynonymsRelated Words |