overcharge

English

Etymology

From Middle English overchargen, equivalent to over- +‎ charge.

Verb

overcharge (third-person singular simple present overcharges, present participle overcharging, simple past and past participle overcharged)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To charge (somebody) more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill.
2. (transitive) To continue to charge (an electrical device) beyond its capacity.
3. To charge (someone) with an inflated number or degree of legal charges (for example, charging them with a more serious crime than was committed); to upcharge.
   • 2015, Randall G. Shelden, William B. Brown, Karen S. Miller, Randal B. Fritzler, Crime and Criminal Justice in American Society: Second Edition, Waveland Press (→ISBN), page 184:

     The police, fully aware of the reality of plea bargaining, often overcharge (if they don't, then the prosecutor does). The police also may overcharge in order to develop informants.

4. (transitive, dated) To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Raleigh to this entry?)

5. (transitive, dated) To fill too full; to crowd.
   • Addison

     Our language is overcharged with consonants.

6. (transitive, dated) To exaggerate.

   to overcharge a description

Antonyms

• undercharge

Translations

to charge more than correct amount

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• Danish: overtrække
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• Finnish: kiskoa (fi)
• French: surcharger (fr)
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• Greek: υπερχρεώνω (el) (yperchreóno)
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• Japanese: ふっかける (fukkakeru)
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• Latin: nimium exigō, nimiō vēndō
• Norman: surchèrgi
• Norwegian: ta for mye betalt
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• Russian: назнача́ть завы́шенную це́ну impf (naznačátʹ zavýšennuju cénu)
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• Swedish: övertrassera (sv)
• Thai: คิดเงินเกิน
• Turkish: fahiş fiyatla satmak
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to overcharge an electric device

• Greek: υπερφορτίζω (el) (yperfortízo)
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• Russian: перегружа́ть (ru) impf (peregružátʹ), перегрузи́ть (ru) pf (peregruzítʹ)

Noun

overcharge (plural overcharges)

1. An excessive load or burden.
2. An excessive charge in an account.

Translations

an excessive load or burden

• Russian: перегру́зка (ru) f (peregrúzka)
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an excessive charge in an account

• Russian: завы́шенная цена́ f (zavýšennaja cená)
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