overpay

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overpay

  • /oʊ.vɚ.peɪ/ US

Rhymes with -eɪ

verb overpays · overpaying · overpaid

  1. ambitransitive To pay too much. I think we overpaid for that old car.
  2. transitive To be more than an ample reward for.

Opposite: underpay

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verb

Opposite: underpay

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verb to pay too much

日本語余分に払う yobun ni harau
中文支付得太多 zhīfù de tài duō, 多付 duōfù, 給……的工資過高 /给……的工资过高 gěi ... de gōngzī guògāo
Françaissurpayer
Deutschüberbezahlen
Русскийперепла́чивать perepláčivatʹ, переплати́ть pereplatítʹ

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@misc{overpay_2026,
  title = {overpay},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/overpay},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}