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OVERCHARGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A price that is too high
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("overcharge" is a kind of...):
charge (the price charged for some article or service)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "overcharge"):
extortion (an exorbitant charge)
Derivation:
overcharge (rip off; ask an unreasonable price)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they overcharge ... he / she / it overcharges
Past simple: overcharged
Past participle: overcharged
-ing form: overcharging
Sense 1
Meaning:
Place too much a load on
Example:
don't overload the car
Synonyms:
overcharge; overload; surcharge
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "overcharge" is one way to...):
lade; laden; load; load up (fill or place a load on)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Rip off; ask an unreasonable price
Synonyms:
fleece; gazump; hook; overcharge; pluck; plume; rob; soak; surcharge
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "overcharge" is one way to...):
cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)
"Overcharge" entails doing...:
bill; charge (demand payment)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overcharge"):
extort; gouge; rack; squeeze; wring (obtain by coercion or intimidation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Antonym:
undercharge (charge (someone) too little money)
Derivation:
overcharge (a price that is too high)
