overcharge

  • 21overcharge — Synonyms and related words: adorn, aggrandize, amplify, anticathexis, ballyhoo, bleed, bleed white, build up, burlesque, caricature, carry too far, cathectic energy, cathexis, charge, choke, clip, color, congest, congestion, convolute,… …

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  • 22overcharge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. rook, fleece, cheat, extort; scalp, gyp, do (all inf.). See dearness.Ant., undercharge. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. overtax, cheat, charge to excess, overburden, strain, lay it on*, rip off*, diddle*; see …

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  • 23overcharge — o|ver|charge [ˌəuvəˈtʃa:dʒ US ˌouvərˈtʃa:rdʒ] v 1.) [I and T] to charge someone too much money for something ≠ ↑undercharge ▪ They were being overcharged for cheap beer. 2.) [T] to put too much power into a ↑battery or electrical system …

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  • 24overcharge — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)tʃɑ͟ː(r)ʤ[/t]] overcharges, overcharging, overcharged VERB If someone overcharges you, they charge you too much for their goods or services. [V n] If you feel a taxi driver has overcharged you, say so... [V n] She claims she was… …

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  • 25overcharge — n. excessive price; act of charging and excessive price v. overprice; fill a battery or circuit with an excessive amount of electrical charge; overload, overfill; exaggerate …

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  • 26overcharge — verb 1》 charge too high a price. 2》 put too much electric charge into (a battery) …

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  • 27overcharge — v. a. 1. Burden, oppress, surcharge, overload, overburden. 2. Crowd, overfill. 3. Exaggerate, overstate, overstrain, overlay with ornament …

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  • 28overcharge — verb 1) clients are being overcharged Syn: swindle, charge too much, cheat, defraud, fleece, short change; informal rip off, sting, screw, rob, diddle, have, rook, gouge 2) the decoration is overcharged …

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  • 29overcharge — v 1. charge too much, Sl. soak, Sl. sting, cheat, Inf. gyp, rook, short change, Sl. rip off; Sl. take, take advantage of, Inf. diddle, Inf. do, Sl. burn. 2. overload, overlade, fill too full, fill to the brim or gills, fill to overflowing,… …

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  • 30overcharge — [ˌəʊvəˈtʃɑːdʒ] verb [I/T] to charge someone too much money for something …

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