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OVERCHARGE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A price that is too high

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("overcharge" is a kind of...):

charge (the price charged for some article or service)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "overcharge"):

extortion (an exorbitant charge)

Derivation:

overcharge (rip off; ask an unreasonable price)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place too much a load on

Example:

don't overload the car

Synonyms:

overcharge; overload; surcharge

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "overcharge" is one way to...):

lade; laden; load; load up (fill or place a load on)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Rip off; ask an unreasonable price

Synonyms:

fleece; gazump; hook; overcharge; pluck; plume; rob; soak; surcharge

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "overcharge" is one way to...):

cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)

"Overcharge" entails doing...:

bill; charge (demand payment)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overcharge"):

extort; gouge; rack; squeeze; wring (obtain by coercion or intimidation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Antonym:

undercharge (charge (someone) too little money)

Derivation:

overcharge (a price that is too high)

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