Meaning

6 senses
  1. (ambitransitive)To charge (somebody) more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill.

    назнача́ть завы́шенную це́нуnaznačátʹ zavýšennuju cénu

  2. (transitive)To continue to charge (an electrical device) beyond its capacity.

    перегружа́тьperegružátʹ, перегрузи́тьperegruzítʹ

  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.

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

    place too much a load on

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

    October 22, 1706, Alexander Pope, letter to Mr. Walsh Our language is naturally overcharged with consonants.

  6. (dated, transitive)To exaggerate.

    to overcharge a description

Examples

5 sentences
  1. It was never our intention to overcharge you.

    deEs war nie unsere Absicht, dich zu überfordern.

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  2. I think I've been overcharged.

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  3. Ziri overcharged the battery in cycles.

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  4. Upon review it looks like I was overcharged for this.

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  5. The salespeople often overcharge me.

    ruПродавцы часто меня обсчитывают.

    deDie Verkäufer legen mich oft rein.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to charge more than correct amount:
to overcharge an electric device:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

overcharges, overcharging, overcharged, overcharged
Base formovercharge · to overcharge
3rd person singularovercharges
Present participleovercharging
Past simpleovercharged
Past participleovercharged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyovercharge
he, she, itovercharges

Past simpleLesson

all personsovercharged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overcharged
he, she, ithas overcharged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overcharge

Synonyms

21 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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