Meaning of OVERCHARGE
| Pronunciation: | | `owvu'tshârj
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- [n] a price that is too high
- [v] place too much a load on
- [v] rip off; ask an unreasonable price
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| | Synonyms: | | fleece, gazump, hook, overload, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge, surcharge |
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| | Antonyms: | | undercharge | | |
| | See Also: | | beat, bill, charge, charge, cheat, chisel, extort, extortion, gouge, load, rack, rip off, wring | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\O`ver*charge"\, v. t. [Cf. {Supercharge},
{Surcharge}.]
1. To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to
cloy. --Sir W. Raleigh.
2. To fill too full; to crowd.
Our language is overcharged with consonants.
--Addison.
3. To charge excessively; to charge beyond a fair rate or
price.
4. To exaggerate; as, to overcharge a description.
{Overcharged mine}. (Mil.) See {Globe of compression}, under
{Globe}.
\O`ver*charge"\, v. i.
To make excessive charges.
\O"ver*charge`\, n. [Cf. {Supercargo},
{Supercharge}.]
1. An excessive load or burden.
2. An excessive charge in an account.
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