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单词 overcharge
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Definition of overcharge in English:

overcharge

verb əʊvəˈtʃɑːdʒˌoʊvərˈtʃɑrdʒ
[with object]
  • 1Charge (someone) too high a price for goods or a service.

    对…要价过高,对…收费过高

    send your bill to the Law Society if you think you've been overcharged
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Does anyone know a good vet (who won't overcharge us either)?
    • Leaked internal e-mails appeared to reveal that, until last year, sales staff were encouraged to overcharge some customers for boiler and central heating installation.
    • Many hospitals have overcharged the bureau for medicine, requesting fee compensations at above-market prices.
    • Most travelers feel like they're being overcharged at airport restaurants and retail stores.
    • Consumers are painfully overcharged in all aspects of their business transactions.
    • Punish those petrol dealers who overcharge and top up their profits with our already overtaxed money.
    • Tenants are entitled to ask for a rental review if they believe that they are being overcharged.
    • One afternoon this week, I took a taxi and upon arrival at my destination, this taxi driver decided to overcharge me and my friend.
    • We have never felt we were overcharged for anything and have always gotten good value for our money.
    • They were taken to Winchester, Virginia, where they were overcharged for their room and board.
    • Since then, we have had no problems though occasionally I feel he overcharges us.
    • You may ask, how can a provider overcharge when the fees are fixed?
    • The European Commission is cracking down on national mobile operators who overcharge fixed line operators for connecting to their network.
    • The amount covered other scandals where customers of the bank were overcharged, including business clients and university students.
    • To make sure you are not being overcharged, you should first check your tax code.
    • The disputed bill had transposed the two, with the result that it was overcharging you.
    • When a private company overcharges its customers, it is called price gouging.
    • Even if they intend to overcharge us, who could have the heart to say no?
    • These will make sure the lender is not overcharging you.
    • I don't see any reason to overcharge people who are doing me a favor by shopping with me.
    Synonyms
    swindle, charge too much, cheat, defraud, gazump, fleece, short-change, surcharge
    informal rip off, sting, screw, soak, rob, diddle, do, rook, clip
    North American informal gouge
    British informal, dated rush
    1. 1.1 Charge someone (a sum) beyond the correct amount.
      较正常价格(或收费标准)多收
      with two objects customers have been overcharged £12 million in the last year

      去年一年多收顾客款项达1,200万英镑。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Write to your bank and demand the money you believe you have been overcharged.
      • Payments to customers included interest on the original sums overcharged.
      • The village officials had overcharged peasants by at least $6,000.
      • He doesn't scurry through his phone bill and make sure he wasn't overcharged.
      • Amy began to complain that she thought they had overcharged us, and then we realised that they had in fact forgotten to charge us for any of the puddings.
      • Consumers were estimated to have been overcharged by $480 million.
      • The company then repeatedly overcharged the military for services, accepted kickbacks from subcontractors and served troops dirty food.
      • Last Friday, I phoned up the company that insures my car, as they had overcharged me (they had taken a payment out twice, by mistake).
      • And if anybody is overcharging the government, we expect them to repay that money.
      Synonyms
      swindle, charge too much, cheat, defraud, gazump, fleece, short-change, surcharge
  • 2Put too much electric charge into (a battery)

    给(电池)过量充电

    large generators can overcharge batteries

    大型发电机可能会使电池充电过量。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A controller keeps the batteries from being overcharged, and an inverter converts DC electricity produced by the solar panels into AC electricity typically used by home appliances.
    • You gently overcharge the batteries to make sure that the weakest cells are brought up to full charge.
noun ˈəʊvətʃɑːdʒˈoʊvərˌtʃɑrdʒ
  • An excessive charge for goods or a service.

    对…要价过高,对…收费过高

    an overcharge of £40
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They are verifying records and seeking to ensure that any rumored bogus claims and overcharges are caught.
    • The sales rotate every week or two, and if you follow the pattern for a few cycles you see that every discount or freebie is offset by an overcharge (relative to market prices) for something else.
    • Our client wonders in whose pocket this overcharge ended up.
    • The amount of money is set so high - a gross overcharge - that families with ordinary income find it very hard to comply.
    • The committee recognises that the overcharges to the Dental Practice Board were relatively small in monetary terms.
    • The White House asked for the study partly because Congress has taken an ongoing interest in indirect research costs, particularly after several incidents in the late 1980s involving alleged overcharges.
    • The deal varies from oil reserves to an overcharge for goods and service to a secret fund discovered in government accounts.
    • It was decided at the time that buyers could not claim damages for overcharges by antitrust violators unless they bought the product directly from the manufacturer.
    • They're often unable to protect the client from contractor overcharges.
    • She'll eat a loss before handing over her driver's license to reverse an overcharge at Kmart.
    • Dealing with overcharges and processing refunds is time consuming and places undue administrative costs on the program.
    • Tens of millions, at least, appear to be overcharges.
    • This process does transfer ground rent from areas of overcharge to areas of undercharge.
    • Borrowers, reveling in their lower monthly payments, blithely absorb the overcharges.
    • For those covered under Blue Cross, the overcharge was $24 a month.

Definition of overcharge in US English:

overcharge

verbˌoʊvərˈtʃɑrdʒˌōvərˈCHärj
[with object]
  • 1Charge (someone) too high a price for goods or a service.

    对…要价过高,对…收费过高

    that makes it easy for wheeler-dealers to overcharge customers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Many hospitals have overcharged the bureau for medicine, requesting fee compensations at above-market prices.
    • Does anyone know a good vet (who won't overcharge us either)?
    • The European Commission is cracking down on national mobile operators who overcharge fixed line operators for connecting to their network.
    • Punish those petrol dealers who overcharge and top up their profits with our already overtaxed money.
    • Leaked internal e-mails appeared to reveal that, until last year, sales staff were encouraged to overcharge some customers for boiler and central heating installation.
    • Even if they intend to overcharge us, who could have the heart to say no?
    • Tenants are entitled to ask for a rental review if they believe that they are being overcharged.
    • The amount covered other scandals where customers of the bank were overcharged, including business clients and university students.
    • They were taken to Winchester, Virginia, where they were overcharged for their room and board.
    • I don't see any reason to overcharge people who are doing me a favor by shopping with me.
    • Consumers are painfully overcharged in all aspects of their business transactions.
    • To make sure you are not being overcharged, you should first check your tax code.
    • These will make sure the lender is not overcharging you.
    • When a private company overcharges its customers, it is called price gouging.
    • The disputed bill had transposed the two, with the result that it was overcharging you.
    • One afternoon this week, I took a taxi and upon arrival at my destination, this taxi driver decided to overcharge me and my friend.
    • We have never felt we were overcharged for anything and have always gotten good value for our money.
    • Most travelers feel like they're being overcharged at airport restaurants and retail stores.
    • Since then, we have had no problems though occasionally I feel he overcharges us.
    • You may ask, how can a provider overcharge when the fees are fixed?
    Synonyms
    swindle, charge too much, cheat, defraud, gazump, fleece, short-change, surcharge
    1. 1.1 Charge someone (a sum) beyond the correct amount.
      较正常价格(或收费标准)多收
      with two objects the company overcharged the government $3 million
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Payments to customers included interest on the original sums overcharged.
      • Consumers were estimated to have been overcharged by $480 million.
      • The village officials had overcharged peasants by at least $6,000.
      • The company then repeatedly overcharged the military for services, accepted kickbacks from subcontractors and served troops dirty food.
      • Write to your bank and demand the money you believe you have been overcharged.
      • Amy began to complain that she thought they had overcharged us, and then we realised that they had in fact forgotten to charge us for any of the puddings.
      • Last Friday, I phoned up the company that insures my car, as they had overcharged me (they had taken a payment out twice, by mistake).
      • And if anybody is overcharging the government, we expect them to repay that money.
      • He doesn't scurry through his phone bill and make sure he wasn't overcharged.
      Synonyms
      swindle, charge too much, cheat, defraud, gazump, fleece, short-change, surcharge
  • 2Put too much electric charge into (a battery).

    给(电池)过量充电

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A controller keeps the batteries from being overcharged, and an inverter converts DC electricity produced by the solar panels into AC electricity typically used by home appliances.
    • You gently overcharge the batteries to make sure that the weakest cells are brought up to full charge.
nounˈoʊvərˌtʃɑrdʒˈōvərˌCHärj
  • An excessive charge for goods or a service.

    对…要价过高,对…收费过高

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The White House asked for the study partly because Congress has taken an ongoing interest in indirect research costs, particularly after several incidents in the late 1980s involving alleged overcharges.
    • The deal varies from oil reserves to an overcharge for goods and service to a secret fund discovered in government accounts.
    • The sales rotate every week or two, and if you follow the pattern for a few cycles you see that every discount or freebie is offset by an overcharge (relative to market prices) for something else.
    • Our client wonders in whose pocket this overcharge ended up.
    • They are verifying records and seeking to ensure that any rumored bogus claims and overcharges are caught.
    • She'll eat a loss before handing over her driver's license to reverse an overcharge at Kmart.
    • The amount of money is set so high - a gross overcharge - that families with ordinary income find it very hard to comply.
    • The committee recognises that the overcharges to the Dental Practice Board were relatively small in monetary terms.
    • They're often unable to protect the client from contractor overcharges.
    • For those covered under Blue Cross, the overcharge was $24 a month.
    • It was decided at the time that buyers could not claim damages for overcharges by antitrust violators unless they bought the product directly from the manufacturer.
    • This process does transfer ground rent from areas of overcharge to areas of undercharge.
    • Borrowers, reveling in their lower monthly payments, blithely absorb the overcharges.
    • Tens of millions, at least, appear to be overcharges.
    • Dealing with overcharges and processing refunds is time consuming and places undue administrative costs on the program.
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