overcharge

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To charge (somebody) more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill.

   “Meanwhile, the tolls dispute had gone to the courts, and the E.L.R. was completely successful when, in 1856, the House of Lords awarded it the sum of £30,000 against the L.Y.R. for tolls overcharged.”

2. fiil To continue to charge (an electrical device) beyond its capacity.
3. fiil To charge (someone) with an inflated number or degree of legal charges (for example, charging them with a more serious crime than was committed); to upcharge.

   “The police, fully aware of the reality of plea bargaining, often overcharge (if they don't, then the prosecutor does). The police also may overcharge in order to develop informants.”

4. fiil To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress.

   “it serves to no better use but only to labour and overcharge the ships' sides in any grown seas and foul weather.”

5. fiil To fill too full; to crowd.

   “October 22, 1706, Alexander Pope, letter to Mr. Walsh Our language is naturally overcharged with consonants.”

6. fiil To exaggerate.

   “to overcharge a description”

7. isim An excessive load or burden.
8. isim An excessive charge in an account.
9. isim Any amount erroneously charged to a customer above the correct price for a product or service.

   “I just left out a couple of things. Rust-proofing, transport charge, storage surcharge, additional overcharge, finder's fee, […] floor mats, keys […]”