noun
Meaning 1
An excessive load or burden.
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noun
An excessive load or burden.
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noun
An excessive charge in an account.
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noun
Any amount erroneously charged to a customer above the correct price for a product or service.
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verb
To charge (somebody) more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill.
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Usage: ambitransitive
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Synonyms: gouge
Antonyms: undercharge
verb
To continue to charge (an electrical device) beyond its capacity.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
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.
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verb
To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress.
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Usage: dated, transitive
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verb
To fill too full; to crowd.
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verb
To exaggerate.
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Usage: dated, transitive
Synonyms: hyperbolize, overstate, stretch, big up, cut it fat, exaggerate, overcharge, overdo, overemphasize, play up, three-sheet
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noun
a price that is too high
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: charge
Narrower terms: extortion
verb
place too much a load on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: overload, surcharge
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Broader terms: load, lade, laden, load up
verb
rip off; ask an unreasonable price
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Synonyms: soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
Antonyms: undercharge
Broader terms: cheat, rip off, chisel
Narrower terms: extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
History
From Middle English overchargen, equivalent to over- + charge.
Across languages
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