Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
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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BARGAIN
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
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