"overcharging" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: overchargings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English overcharging, equivalent to overcharge + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|overcharging}} Middle English overcharging, {{suffix|en|overcharge|ing}} overcharge + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} overcharging (plural overchargings)
  1. The act or process of charging excessively Translations (Translations): cobro de más [masculine] (Spanish), cobranza excesiva [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-overcharging-en-noun-LNGcXT80 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: From overcharge + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|overcharge|ing}} overcharge + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} overcharging
  1. present participle and gerund of overcharge Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: overcharge
    Sense id: en-overcharging-en-verb-5LZ0D97~ Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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