overcharge

overcharge means an excessive load or burden.

Etymology

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

noun

An excessive load or burden.
An excessive charge in an account.
Any amount erroneously charged to a customer above the correct price for a product or service.e.g.“I just left out a couple of things. Rust-proofing, transport charge, storage surcharge, additional overcharge, finder's fee, […] floor mats, keys […]” — 1998 January 8, The Dealership (Seinfeld), season 9, episode 11, spoken by Puddy:

verb

To charge (somebody) more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill.e.g.“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.” — 1957 October 7, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 726:
To continue to charge (an electrical device) beyond its capacity.e.g.“Sometimes I get overcharged / That's when you see sparks” — 1997, “The Tourist”, in OK Computer, performed by Radiohead:
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.e.g.“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.” — 2015, Randall G. Shelden, William B. Brown, Karen S. Miller, Randal B. Fritzler, Crime and Criminal Justice in American Society: Second Edition, Waveland Press, →ISBN, page 184:
To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress.e.g.“it serves to no better use but only to labour and overcharge the ships' sides in any grown seas and foul weather.” — c. 1611, Walter Raleigh, Observations on the Navy and Sea Service:
To fill too full; to crowd.e.g.“October 22, 1706, Alexander Pope, letter to Mr. Walsh Our language is naturally overcharged with consonants.”
To exaggerate.e.g.“to overcharge a description”

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Words closest in meaning

By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

undercharge 75% match — To charge less than the correct amount. vs overcharge →
overbill 70% match — To bill an excessive amount, particularly an amount greater than one is legally entitled to. vs overcharge →
overcharger 68% match — One who overcharges. vs overcharge →
mischarge 61% match — To charge wrongly. vs overcharge →
mischarging 60% match — An instance of charging the wrong amount of money. vs overcharge →
charge 59% match — The amount of money levied for a service. vs overcharge →
surcharger 59% match — Someone who surcharges. vs overcharge →
surcharge 57% match — An addition of extra charge on the agreed, stated, or baseline price. vs overcharge →