"overpayment" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: overpayments [plural]
Etymology: over- + payment Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|payment}} over- + payment Head templates: {{en-noun}} overpayment (plural overpayments)
  1. Payment exceeding the amount actually due. Related terms: underpayment, overpay Translations (payment exceeding the amount actually due): surpaye [feminine] (French), trop-perçu [masculine] (French), Überzahlung [feminine] (German), Überbezahlung [feminine] (German), túlfizetés (Hungarian), nadpłata [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-overpayment-en-noun-Ja8WCg3J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for overpayment meaning in English (1.8kB)

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    {
      "word": "arrear"
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    {
      "word": "arrears"
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    {
      "word": "be behind with something"
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      },
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
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      "name": "en-noun"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The employer sued to recover overpayment of wages."
        }
      ],
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        "Payment exceeding the amount actually due."
      ],
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        },
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "payment exceeding the amount actually due",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "surpaye"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "payment exceeding the amount actually due",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trop-perçu"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "payment exceeding the amount actually due",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Überzahlung"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "payment exceeding the amount actually due",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Überbezahlung"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "payment exceeding the amount actually due",
          "word": "túlfizetés"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "payment exceeding the amount actually due",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nadpłata"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "overpayment"
}
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    {
      "word": "backlog"
    },
    {
      "word": "arrear"
    },
    {
      "word": "arrears"
    },
    {
      "word": "be behind with something"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "payment"
      },
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  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "overpayments",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
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    }
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        "English lemmas",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The employer sued to recover overpayment of wages."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Payment exceeding the amount actually due."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "payment exceeding the amount actually due",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "surpaye"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "payment exceeding the amount actually due",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trop-perçu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "payment exceeding the amount actually due",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Überzahlung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "payment exceeding the amount actually due",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Überbezahlung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "payment exceeding the amount actually due",
      "word": "túlfizetés"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "payment exceeding the amount actually due",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nadpłata"
    }
  ],
  "word": "overpayment"
}

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