overcharge

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An excessive load or burden.
  2. An excessive charge in an account.
  3. Any amount erroneously charged to a customer above the correct price for a product or service.
    — I just left out a couple of things. Rust-proofing, transport charge, storage surcharge, additional overcharge, finder's fee, […] floor mats, keys […]
动词 v.
  1. To charge (somebody) more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill. ambitransitive
    — Meanwhile, the tolls dispute had gone to the courts, and the E.L.R. was completely successful when, in 1856, the House of Lords awarded it the sum of £30,000 against the L.Y.R. for tolls overcharged.
  2. To continue to charge (an electrical device) beyond its capacity. transitive
  3. To charge (someone) with an inflated number or degree of legal charges (for example, charging them with a more serious crime than was committed); to upcharge.
    — The police, fully aware of the reality of plea bargaining, often overcharge (if they don't, then the prosecutor does). The police also may overcharge in order to develop informants.
  4. To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress. dated,transitive
    — it serves to no better use but only to labour and overcharge the ships' sides in any grown seas and foul weather.
  5. To fill too full; to crowd. dated,transitive
    — October 22, 1706, Alexander Pope, letter to Mr. Walsh Our language is naturally overcharged with consonants.
  6. To exaggerate. dated,transitive
    — to overcharge a description

词形变化

overcharges present,singular,third-person overcharging participle,present overcharged participle,past overcharged past overcharges plural

词汇关系

衍生词
overcharger

词源

词源 1
From Middle English overchargen, equivalent to over- + charge.
词源 2
From Middle English overchargen, equivalent to over- + charge.
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