o ‧ ver ‧ pay /ˌəʊvəˈpeɪ $ ˌoʊvər-/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle overpaid )
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ pay , ↑ payment , ↑ repayment , ↑ payer , ↑ payee ; verb : ↑ pay , ↑ repay , ↑ underpay ≠ ↑ overpay ; adjective : paid ≠ ↑ unpaid , ↑ underpaid ≠ ↑ overpaid , ↑ payable ]
1 . [transitive] to pay someone more money than they deserve OPP underpay :
Most big companies continue to overpay their top executives.
2 . [intransitive and transitive] to pay too much money for something OPP underpay :
Try to recover any tax you have overpaid.
—overpayment noun [uncountable and countable]