overpay

动词 v.
中文释义
美 /oʊ.vɚ.peɪ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To pay too much. ambitransitive
    — I think we overpaid for that old car.
  2. To be more than an ample reward for. transitive

词形变化

overpays present,singular,third-person overpaying participle,present overpaid participle,past overpaid past

词汇关系

反义词
underpay
衍生词
overpayer overpayment

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
English pay
English overpay
From over- + pay.
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