overcharge
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(ambitransitive)To charge (somebody) more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill.
Đồng nghĩa: gouge
- 2.
(transitive)To continue to charge (an electrical device) beyond its capacity.
- 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.
- 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
Đồng nghĩa: hyperbolize, overstate, stretch, big up, cut it fat, exaggerate, hyperbolize, overcharge, overdo, overemphasize, overstate, play up, stretch, three-sheet
Danh từ
noun- 1.
An excessive load or burden.
- 2.
An excessive charge in an account.
- 3.
Any amount erroneously charged to a customer above the correct price for a product or service.
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From Middle English overchargen, equivalent to over- + charge.