OVERPAY

overpay

(verb) pay too much

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

overpay (third-person singular simple present overpays, present participle overpaying, simple past and past participle overpaid)

(ambitransitive) To pay too much.

(transitive) To be more than an ample reward for.

Antonyms

• underpay

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*pay", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overpaid; p. pr. & vb. n. Overpaying.]

Definition: To pay too much to; to reward too highly.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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DESIRABLE

(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”


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