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OVERPAYMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overpayment mean? 

OVERPAYMENT (noun)
  The noun OVERPAYMENT has 2 senses:

1. a payment larger than needed or expected
2. the act of paying too much

  Familiarity information: OVERPAYMENT used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OVERPAYMENT (noun)


Sense 1overpayment [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A payment larger than needed or expected

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("overpayment" is a kind of...):

payment (a sum of money paid)


Sense 2overpayment [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

The act of paying too much

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("overpayment" is a kind of...):

defrayal; defrayment; payment (the act of paying money)


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