overpay
o‧ver‧pay /ˌəʊvəˈpeɪ $ ˌoʊvər-/
verb (past tense and past participle overpaid)
OPP underpay:
Most big companies continue to overpay their top executives.
2. [intransitive and transitive] to pay too much money for something
OPP underpay:
Try to recover any tax you have overpaid.
—overpayment noun [uncountable and countable]
o‧ver‧pay /ˌəʊvəˈpeɪ $ ˌoʊvər-/
verb (past tense and past participle overpaid) Word Family: noun: pay, payment, repayment, payer, payee; verb: pay, repay, underpay ≠ overpay; adjective: paid ≠ unpaid, underpaid ≠ overpaid, payable
1. [transitive] to pay someone more money than they deserve OPP underpay:
2. [intransitive and transitive] to pay too much money for something
OPP underpay:
—overpayment noun [uncountable and countable]