OVERCHARGE
Dictionary entry overview: What does overcharge mean?
• OVERCHARGE (noun)
The noun OVERCHARGE has 1 sense:
1. a price that is too high
Familiarity information: OVERCHARGE used as a noun is very rare.
• OVERCHARGE (verb)
The verb OVERCHARGE has 2 senses:
1. rip off; ask an unreasonable price
2. place too much a load on
Familiarity information: OVERCHARGE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OVERCHARGE (noun)
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)
• OVERCHARGE (verb)
Meaning:
Rip off; ask an unreasonable price
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
overcharge; gazump; fleece; plume; soak; rob; hook; surcharge; pluck
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)
Meaning:
Place too much a load on
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
overcharge; overload; surcharge
Context example:
don't overload the car
Hypernyms (to "overcharge" is one way to...):
lade; laden; load; load up (fill or place a load on)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
