Meaning

4 senses
  1. An excessive load or burden.

    перегру́зкаperegrúzka

  2. An excessive charge in an account.

    Near-synonym: price gouging

    This was a blatant overcharge. They tripled the price because they thought that the customer wouldn't know any better.

    завы́шенная цена́zavýšennaja cená

  3. Any amount erroneously charged to a customer above the correct price for a product or service.

    The software glitch caused an overcharge.

  4. An excessive charge of a rechargeable battery.

    It is impossible to end up with an overcharge of your smartphone under any normal circumstances because its hardware and firmware stop the charging when the battery is full.

More definitions
  • a price that is too high

Examples

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

    deEs war nie unsere Absicht, dich zu überfordern. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I think I've been overcharged.

  3. Ziri overcharged the battery in cycles.

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

  5. The salespeople often overcharge me.

    ruПродавцы часто меня обсчитывают. — odexed

    deDie Verkäufer legen mich oft rein. — Zurich899

Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
an excessive load or burden:
an excessive charge in an account:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: overcharges
Singularovercharge
Pluralovercharges

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsurcharge

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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