overrecovery means the recovery of more money than was actually owed. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.
Etymology
From over- + recovery.
noun
- The recovery of more money than was actually owed.“Where the estimate overstates a utility's costs, allowing the utility to overrecover its costs, the amount of the overrecovery generally is required to be returned to the ratepayers through a cost of service adjustment […]”