In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
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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