overpay

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ pay.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /oʊ.vɚ.peɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Rhymes: -eɪ

Verb

overpay (third-person singular simple present overpays, present participle overpaying, simple past and past participle overpaid)

(transitive, intransitive) To pay too much.
(transitive) To be more than an ample reward for.

Antonyms

underpay

Derived terms

overpayment

Translations

to pay too much

Bulgarian: плащам прекалено много (plaštam prekaleno mnogo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 支付得太多 (zhīfù de tài duō), 多付 (duōfù), 給……的工資過高 / 给……的工资过高 (gěi ... de gōngzī guògāo) (of wages)
Dutch: teveel betalen
Finnish: maksaa liikaa
French: surpayer (fr)
German: überbezahlen (de)
Hungarian: túlfizet (hu)
Ido: pluspagar
Japanese: 余分に払う (yobun ni harau)
Polish: przepłacać (pl) impf, przepłacić (pl) pf
Russian: перепла́чивать (ru) impf (perepláčivatʹ), переплати́ть (ru) pf (pereplatítʹ)