OVERBILL

Etymology

Verb

overbill (third-person singular simple present overbills, present participle overbilling, simple past and past participle overbilled)

(transitive) To bill an excessive amount, particularly an amount greater than one is legally entitled to.

The company was found to have systematically overbilled its customers.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

14 May 2025

TERNARY

(adjective) having three units or components or elements; “a ternary operation”; “a treble row of red beads”; “overcrowding made triple sessions necessary”; “triple time has three beats per measure”; “triplex windows”


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Coffee Trivia

The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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