verb
Meaning 1
to give a commodity an excessive price
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
overprice
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rhymes with -aɪs
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CMU ARPABET: OW2 V ER0 P R AY1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
price excessively high
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: price
History
Etymology
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 price English overprice From over- + price.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: ylihinnoitella — to give a commodity an excessive price
- German: überteuern — to give a commodity an excessive price