overpay

English

Etymology

over- +‎ pay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oʊ.vɚ.peɪ/

  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

• 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, 给……的工资过高 (gěi ... de gōngzī guògāo) (of wages)

• Dutch: teveel betalen
• Finnish: maksaa liikaa
• French: surpayer (fr)
• German: überbezahlen
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• Hungarian: túlfizet (hu)
• Ido: pluspagar
• Japanese: 余分に払う (yobun ni harau)
• Polish: przepłacać impf, przepłacić (pl) pf
• Russian: перепла́чивать (ru) impf (perepláčivatʹ), переплати́ть (ru) pf (pereplatítʹ)