overpay

English

Etymology

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. (transitive, intransitive) To pay too much.
2. (transitive) To be more than an ample reward for.

Antonyms

• underpay

Derived terms

• 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)