Hypertext Webster Gateway: "overcharge"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overcharge \O`ver*charge"\, v. t. [Cf. {Supercharge},
{Surcharge}.]
1. To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to
cloy. --Sir W. Raleigh.
2. To fill too full; to crowd.
Our language is overcharged with consonants.
--Addison.
3. To charge excessively; to charge beyond a fair rate or
price.
4. To exaggerate; as, to overcharge a description.
{Overcharged mine}. (Mil.) See {Globe of compression}, under
{Globe}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overcharge \O`ver*charge"\, v. i.
To make excessive charges.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overcharge \O"ver*charge`\, n. [Cf. {Supercargo},
{Supercharge}.]
1. An excessive load or burden.
2. An excessive charge in an account.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
overcharge
n : a price that is too high
v 1: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: {soak}, {surcharge},
{gazump}, {fleece}, {plume}, {pluck}, {rob}, {hook}]
[ant: {undercharge}]
2: place too much a load on [syn: {overload}, {surcharge}]
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