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to pay overs

to pay overs

7.8
Spend extra money to buy something because it costs more or is hard to find
  • phrasal verb
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  • Many buyers are willing to pay over the asking price to secure their dream home in this hot market.

Is it possible that their scheme to raise the prices of homes to make their assets worth more by paying over market value just went wrong?

Examples

  • Even with people willing to pay over appraised values for homes and choke down the hefty construction costs, builders can't put up homes fast enough.

  • Is it possible that their scheme to raise the prices of homes to make their assets worth more by paying over market value just went wrong?

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  • The last thing I would want to do right now is pay over market value for real estate when I could be getting.

  • And it's this, the rich pay over the odds for new technologies when they first come online that creates a market.

  • Investors often pay over the odds for rare collectibles, hoping their value will increase over time.

  • It is common to pay over retail prices for concert tickets, especially when the event is sold out.

Synonyms

to overpay
vsto pay overs
14 3.3

To pay more money than you should for something

is done because extra costs or scarcity make prices higher
to pay through the nose
vsto pay overs
  • Informal
4 8.0

Give much more money than normal for something

is used when higher amounts result from extra costs or scarcity

Antonyms

low price
52 1.0

A cost lower than normal that makes something affordable

to underpay
3 3.8

Pay someone less money than their work is worth

How Costly

to pay through the nose
  • Informal
4 8.0
to pay overs
7.8
to overpay
14 3.3
premium
58 5.4
asking price
20 3.4

Surface Forms

pay overs infinitive
paid overs past
paid overs past participle
paying overs present participle
pays overs third person singular

Morphology

pay + overs

The component 'pay' is transparent, but 'overs' is not a standard dictionary lemma and functions as auction/jargon for amounts paid over the normal price. A B1 learner who knows 'pay' and the sense of 'over' might infer that it means paying more, but the pluralized, domain-specific usage is not fully predictable without prior exposure.

Etymology

Pay overs probably comes from the picture of the parts pay and overs: buyers literally put extra money 'over' the listed price, adding cash on top of the normal cost when goods are scarce or needed quickly. So pay overs means 'to pay more than expected' because you give extra money to get the item.