overcharge

«overcharge» in Mova's school dictionary: to ask them to pay more money than the correct price — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (overcharge, overcharges, overcharged, overcharging); noun (an overcharge)

meaning for a pupil

1) (money) To overcharge someone is to ask them to pay more money than the correct price. tree →

2) To overcharge a battery is to put too much electricity into it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In money and maths lessons: check your change and receipt so you are not overcharged. In everyday life: «The shop overcharged us by £2.» In science: overcharging batteries can damage them.

examples

• The café overcharged us for the drinks. tree →
• Check your receipt to make sure you weren't overcharged. tree →
• We were overcharged by fifty pence. tree →
• The shopkeeper said sorry for overcharging. tree →
• Don't overcharge your tablet battery. tree →
• The taxi driver tried to overcharge the tourists. tree →

note

over- + charge. Opposite: undercharge. Maths: overcharged amount = price paid − correct price (e.g. paid £7, correct £5 → overcharged by £2).

In the corpora

• Being charged too much is called being overcharged.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «overcharge» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.