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to overpay

to overpay

14 3.3
To pay more money than you should for something
  • verb
  • /ˌoʊvərˈpeɪ/
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  • Many people tend to overpay for services when they are not aware of the standard prices.
  • overpaying taxes
  • overpaying their mortgage
  • grossly overpay

No, you're going to overpay, That's all.

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Examples

  • Do not expect to find an unsuspecting buyer willing to overpay for your business.

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  • Most homebuyers rely upon the bank's appraisal to protect them from overpaying for a property.

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  • And so he was willing to overpay for the asset to get the story.

  • And you, as an individual, can overpay your taxes, too.

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  • It's still much better to pick the right company and slightly overpay than to invest in something that is cheap.

  • The surest way to lose your house is to overpay for it.

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  • It's employees that need to know they may be overpaying for health coverage, thinking it's free.

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  • Just like A-Rod, the Yankees are overpaying when they don't have to.

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  • I want to make sure I don't overpay for my new car by comparing different dealerships.

  • He was afraid to overpay for the apartment, so he did extensive research on property values.

Synonyms

to pay through the nose
vsto overpay
  • Informal
4 8.0

Give much more money than normal for something

gives more than necessary or appropriate but less extremely excessive

Antonyms

3 3.8

Pay someone less money than their work is worth

How Much

to overspend
7 4.4
to overpay
14 3.3
to pay
1.0
to underpay
3 3.8

Surface Forms

overpay infinitive
overpaying present participle
overpays third person singular
overpaid past
overpaid past participle

Morphology

overpay = pay (transparent) = over + pay

The meaning is a straightforward prefixation: 'over-' meaning 'excessively/more than' added to 'pay', yielding 'pay too much'.

Etymology

Overpay is made of over- meaning 'too much' (as in overeat) and pay meaning 'give money'. So overpay is to give 'more than is needed' for something, like when you pay too much at a shop.