overpay

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ pay.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /oʊ.vɚ.peɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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  Rhymes: -eɪ

Verb

overpay (third-person singular simple present overpays, present participle overpaying, simple past and past participle overpaid)

1. (ambitransitive) To pay too much.

   I think we overpaid for that old car.

   Be careful not to overpay when buying second-hand items.

   The customer accidentally overpaid and was refunded.

2. (transitive) To be more than an ample reward for.

Antonyms

• underpay

Derived terms

• overpayer
• overpayment

Translations

to pay too much

Bulgarian: плащам прекалено много (plaštam prekaleno mnogo) Chinese: Mandarin: 支付得太多 (zhīfù de tài duō), 多付 (duōfù), 給……的工資過高 / 给……的工资过高 (gěi ... de gōngzī guògāo) (of wages) Dutch: teveel betalen Finnish: maksaa liikaa French: surpayer (fr) German: überbezahlen (de) Hungarian: túlfizet (hu) Ido: pluspagar Japanese: 余分に払う (yobun ni harau) Polish: przepłacać (pl) impf, przepłacić (pl) pf Russian: перепла́чивать (ru) impf (perepláčivatʹ), переплати́ть (ru) pf (pereplatítʹ)