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"To charge (somebody) more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill."
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"text": "October 22, 1706, Alexander Pope, letter to Mr. Walsh\nOur language is naturally overcharged with consonants."
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"ref": "1998 January 8, The Dealership (Seinfeld), season 9, episode 11, spoken by Puddy",
"text": "I just left out a couple of things. Rust-proofing, transport charge, storage surcharge, additional overcharge, finder's fee, […] floor mats, keys […]",
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"word": "υπερχρεώνω"
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"sense": "to charge more than correct amount",
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"word": "túlszámláz"
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"sense": "to charge more than correct amount",
"word": "nimium exigō"
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"code": "la",
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"word": "nimiō vēndō"
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"sense": "to charge more than correct amount",
"word": "ta for mye betalt"
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"sense": "to charge more than correct amount",
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"word": "คิดเงินเกิน"
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"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "overcharge (plural overcharges)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"An excessive load or burden."
],
"links": [
[
"excessive",
"excessive"
],
[
"load",
"load"
],
[
"burden",
"burden"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"An excessive charge in an account."
],
"links": [
[
"charge",
"charge"
],
[
"account",
"account"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1998 January 8, The Dealership (Seinfeld), season 9, episode 11, spoken by Puddy",
"text": "I just left out a couple of things. Rust-proofing, transport charge, storage surcharge, additional overcharge, finder's fee, […] floor mats, keys […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any amount erroneously charged to a customer above the correct price for a product or service."
],
"links": [
[
"customer",
"customer"
]
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pretovarvane",
"sense": "an excessive load or burden",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "претоварване"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "peregrúzka",
"sense": "an excessive load or burden",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "перегру́зка"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an excessive load or burden",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "överbelastning"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zavýšennaja cená",
"sense": "an excessive charge in an account",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "завы́шенная цена́"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an excessive charge in an account",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "övertrassering"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"overcharge"
],
"word": "overcharge"
}
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