overcharges 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of overcharge
1
as in surcharges
to charge (someone) too much for goods or services I think that store may have overcharged us for the shoes, which were supposed to be on sale

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2
as in loads
to fill or load to excess overcharged his thesis with long, fancy words

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overcharges

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noun

plural of overcharge
as in rates

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Recent Examples of overcharges
Verb
The most recent tally for 2024 shows overcharges ranging up to $480 per residential account. — Ed Hirs, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 An electronic safety system monitors each cell during operations, avoiding both under- and overcharges. — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overcharges
  1. stings
  2. loads
  3. rates
  4. gouges
  5. overloads
  6. tariffs
  7. cheats
  8. overburdens
Verb
  • The female locates and stings a large insect such as a cicada or katydid and then brings it back to the burrow.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
  • That still stings, even if Wicky wasn’t one of the three to attempt a penalty.
    — Sam McDowell July 9, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
Definition of stings
Verb
  • The servicer knows where to attach, what loads the hook can bear and what its cameras can use as landmarks.
    — Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
  • The robot also loads a plate into a dishwasher and adjusts a hospital-style bed.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • With the aim of producing an addition 200,000 degrees beyond the 1 million already projected for 2030, the university set goals to improve its graduation rates.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
  • His 2025 reality included middling separation scores and rates against both man and zone coverage.
    — Jake Ciely, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of rates
Verb
  • In 2017, he was recalled after backing the $5 billion yearly gas tax that still gouges at the pump.
    — John Seiler, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025
Definition of gouges
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  • Lucky uses Taylor-Joy, who gives a surface-level performance in a surface-level show, one that overloads forward momentum in lieu of character depth.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 July 2026
  • They'll often be triggered if a player kills an enormous number of enemies in a short time, or overloads the screen with complex physics like hundreds of items or explosions.
    — Alan Bradley, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Definition of overloads
Noun
  • That, and the new wave of tariffs, brings fresh uncertainty to global trade again and poses potentially higher prices as importers deal with potentially higher levies.
    — Christine Romans, NBC news, 25 July 2026
  • Earlier this week, tariffs on certain Brazilian goods also took effect under a different legal authority after the administration determined Brazil’s policies had harmed US commerce.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Definition of tariffs
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  • Any forward who cheats for defence, as Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has for much of his career, will play an elevated role on a Babcock team.
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • Though Lesnar rarely cheats to win, Femi isn’t going to lose clean.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Definition of cheats
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  • The property tax has long been Connecticut’s Gordian knot, a seemingly intractable problem that overburdens middle- and low-income households, stymies business growth and creates great K-12 education disparities between cities and suburbs.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2026
  • In January 2025, a federal judge ruled that portion of the ordinance overburdens free speech rights by prohibiting anyone from providing any lecture in any San Diego public park or beach.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of overburdens

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