OVERPAY


Meaning of OVERPAY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ oʊvə(r)peɪ ]

( overpays, overpaying, overpaid)

If you overpay someone, or if you overpay for something, you pay more than is necessary or reasonable.

Management has to make sure it does not overpay its staff...

The council is said to have been overpaying for repairs made by its housing department...

The scheme will overpay some lawyers and underpay others.

VERB : V n to-inf , V for n , V n , also V

see also overpaid

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