overpayment

English

Etymology

over- +‎ payment

Noun

overpayment (plural overpayments)

1. Payment exceeding the amount actually due.

   The employer sued to recover overpayment of wages.

Antonyms

• backlog
• arrear, arrears
• being behind with something

Related terms

• underpayment
• overpay

Translations

payment exceeding the amount actually due

• French: surpaye (fr) f, trop-perçu (fr) m
• German: Überzahlung f, Überbezahlung f
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• Hungarian: túlfizetés