overcharge

o·ver·charge  (vr-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. (vr-chärj)

1. Abbr. o/c An excessive charge or price.

2. A load or burden that is too full or heavy.

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vb [ˌəʊvəˈtʃɑːdʒ]

1. (Business / Commerce) to charge too much

2. (tr) to fill or load beyond capacity

3. Literary another word for exaggerate

n [ˈəʊvəˌtʃɑːdʒ]

1. (Business / Commerce) an excessive price or charge

2. (Business / Commerce) an excessive load

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 price fleece, gazump, plume, rob, soak, surcharge, hook, pluck extort, 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, surcharge load, load up, lade, laden - fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"

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verb 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.

Translations

overcharge [ˌəʊvəˈtʃɑːdʒ]

A. VT

1. to overcharge sb for sth → cobrar a algn de más por algo

2. (Elec) → sobrecargar, poner una carga excesiva a

B. VI → cobrar más de la cuenta

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overcharge [ˌəʊvə^rˈtʃɑː^rdʒ] vt → faire payer trop cher à
He overcharged me → Il m'a fait payer trop cher.
to overcharge sb for sth → faire payer qch trop cher à qn, surfacturer qch à qn
They overcharged us for the meal → Ils nous ont fait payer trop cher pour le repas., Ils nous ont surfacturé le repas.

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vt

person → zu viel berechnen (+dat) → or abverlangen (+dat) → (for für); you’ve been overcharged → man hat dir zu viel berechnet; they overcharged me by £2 → sie haben mir £ 2 zu viel berechnet

electric circuit → überlasten

(with detail, emotion) painting, style → überladen

vi → zu viel verlangen (for für); to overcharge on a bill → zu viel berechnen or anrechnen

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overcharge [ˌəʊvəˈtʃɑːdʒ] vt

a. to overcharge sb for sth → far pagare troppo qc a qn

b. (Elec) → sovraccaricare

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overcharge [ˌəʊvəˈtʃɑːdʒ] vt

a. to overcharge sb for sth → far pagare troppo qc a qn

b. (Elec) → sovraccaricare

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v overcharge [əuvəˈtʃaːdʒ]

to charge too much I have been overcharged for these goods. te veel vra, te veel laat betaal يَطْلُبُ ثَمَناً باهِظاً надписвам цена účtovat příliš draho tage for høj pris zuviel berechnen χρεώνω παραπάνω cobrar demasiado, cobrar de más liiga kõrget hinda nõudma گران حساب کردن veloittaa liikaa faire payer trop cher לְהַפקִיע מִחיר अधिक शुल्क, अधिक दाम लेना previše naplatiti túlfizettet menjual terlalu mahal láta borga of mikið (far pagare troppo caro) 不当に要求される 비싼 값을 청구하다 užprašyti/imti per didelę kainą, perkrauti prasīt pārāk augstu cenu caj berlebihan overvragen ta for mye/høy pris przepłacić cobrar em excesso a în­cărca la preţ назначать завышенную цену účtovať príliš draho; predražiť preveč zaračunati naplatiti previše överdebitera, skörta upp คิดเงินแพงเกินไป fazla para almak 要價過高 правити надмірну ціну زيادہ قيمت لگانا bán với giá quá đắt 要价过高

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overcharge → يَطْلُب ثمنا باهظا předražit tage for høj pris zu viel berechnen υπερχρεώνω cobrar de más veloittaa liikaa surcharge prenaplatiti fare pagare un prezzo eccessivo 過大請求する 바가지 씌우다 te veel vragen ta for mye betalt przeciążyć cobrar caro demais назначать завышенную цену ta för mycket betalt คิดเกินราคา fazla fiyat istemek tính giá quá đắt 要价过高