About The Word Overcharge
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Overcharge
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What's The Definition Of Overcharge?
[n] a price that is too high
[v] place too much a load on [v] rip off; ask an unreasonable price Synonyms | Synonyms for Overcharge: fleece | gazump | hook | overload | pluck | plume | rob | soak | surcharge | surcharge Related Terms | Find terms related to Overcharge: adorn | aggrandize | amplify | anticathexis | ballyhoo | bleed | bleed white | build up | burlesque | caricature | carry too far | cathectic energy | cathexis | charge | choke | clip | color | congest | congestion | convolute | countercathexis | cram | crowd | decorate | desire concentration | draw the longbow | drench | elaborate | embellish | embroider | energy charge | engorgement | enrich | exaggerate | exploit | exploitation | extortion | festoon | fleece | flourish | fudge | gild | glut | gluttonize | go to extremes | gorge | gouge | highway robbery | hold up | holdup | hyperbolize | hypercathexis | hyperemia | involve | jam | jam-pack | lay it on | load with ornament | loan-sharking | magnify | make much of | ornament | overassessment | overbrimming | overburden | overdo | overdraw | overestimate | overfeed | overfill | overflow | overfreight | overfullness | overlade | overlay | overload | overpaint | overpraise | overprice | overreach | overreact | oversell | overspeak | overspill | overstate | overstress | overstuff | overtax | overweigh | overweight | pack | pad | pile it on | plethora | profiteer | puff | repletion | satiate | satiety | saturate | saturation | screw | shylocking | skin | soak | stick | sting | stretch | stretch the truth | stuff | supercharge | supersaturate | supersaturation | surcharge | surfeit | swindle | talk big | talk in superlatives | tout | travesty | trick out | usury | varnish | victimize See Also | beat | bill | charge | charge | cheat | chisel | extort | extortion | gouge | load | rack | rip off | wring Overcharge In Webster's Dictionary \O`ver*charge"\, v. t. [Cf. {Supercharge},
{Surcharge}.]
1. To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to
cloy. --Sir W. Raleigh.
2. To fill too full; to crowd.
Our language is overcharged with consonants.
--Addison.
3. To charge excessively; to charge beyond a fair rate or
price.
4. To exaggerate; as, to overcharge a description.
{Overcharged mine}. (Mil.) See {Globe of compression}, under
{Globe}.
\O`ver*charge"\, v. i. To make excessive charges. \O"ver*charge`\, n. [Cf. {Supercargo}, {Supercharge}.] 1. An excessive load or burden. 2. An excessive charge in an account. |
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