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overcharge

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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.

overcharge
Verb
[-charging, -charged] to charge too high a price
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.overchargeovercharge - a price that is too high            
charge - the price charged for some article or service; "the admission charge"
extortion - an exorbitant charge
Verb1.overcharge - rip off; ask an unreasonable price
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"
load, load up, lade, laden - fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"

overcharge
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
Translations
overcharge [əuvəˈtʃɑːdʒ] vt to overcharge sb → cobrar un precio excesivo a algn

overcharge [əuvəˈtʃɑːdʒ] vt to overcharge sb for sth → faire payer qch trop cher à qn

overcharge [əuvəˈtʃɑːdʒ] vtzu viel berechnen +dat

overcharge [əuvəˈtʃɑːdʒ] vt to overcharge sb for sth → far pagare troppo caro a qn per qc

overcharge
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, de más cobrar liiga kõrget hinda nõudma گران حساب کردن ottaa ylihintaa faire payer trop cher לְהַפקִיע מִחיר अधिक शुल्क, अधिक दाम लेना previše naplatiti túlfizettet menjual terlalu mahal láta borga of mikið (pagare troppo far caro) 不当に要求される 부당한 대금을 요구하다 užprašyti/imti per didelę kainą, perkrauti prasīt pārāk augstu cenu caj berlebihan overvragen ta for mye/høy pris przepłacić em excesso cobrar 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


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All at once, carried away by its frightful overcharge, the Nautilus sank like a bullet under the waters, that is to say, it fell as if it was in a vacuum.
I got Flaubin before the Governor himself, and the old rascal confessed to sixteen hundred overcharge.
He wished me to decide whether the artists whom he had employed to illustrate his wonderful book had cheated him by overcharges and bad work--and Mrs.
 
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