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Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb oh-ver-chahrj; noun oh-ver-chahrj
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˌoʊ vərˈtʃɑrdʒ; noun ˈoʊ vərˌtʃɑrdʒ



Definition of overcharge

Origin :
  • c.1300, "to overload, overburden," from over- + charge (v.). Meaning "to charge someone too much money" is from 1660s. Related: Overcharged; overcharging.
  • verb charge to excess
  • verb charge too much
Example sentences :
  • These will be spoken of as the "Regular" charge and the "Overcharge."
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • After the overcharge is completed, take gravity readings of all the cells.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • Every fourth week give the Overcharge instead of the Regular charge.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • You have encouraged him, in every way you know how to overcharge.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • He had recouped himself for the overcharge on the cup of tea.
  • Extract from : « Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland » by Daniel Turner Holmes
  • The price of beer was fixed by law and an overcharge was punishable by drowning.
  • Extract from : « The World's Progress, Vol. I (of X) » by Various
  • If it is an overcharge claim, the routine is comparatively simple.
  • Extract from : « The Modern Railroad » by Edward Hungerford
  • Water may be drunk after breakfast, but not so as to overcharge the stomach.
  • Extract from : « Every Man his own Doctor » by R. T. Claridge
  • I told them men that roofin' was cracked—an' then they overcharge!
  • Extract from : « Mountain » by Clement Wood
  • It was nothing to do with him even if the Ritz was trying to make an overcharge for plum cake.
  • Extract from : « December Love » by Robert Hichens

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