overpay

verb

over·pay ˌō-vər-ˈpā

overpaid ˌō-vər-ˈpād

; overpaying

: to pay too much to someone or for something

… the debate over whether organic foods are a smart choice for healthier living or a marketing tool that gulls people into overpaying.—

Kenneth Chang

It took my husband and me an hour with a representative to figure out we were overpaying for insurance and unlimited data plans.—

Tanisha A. Sykes

Be careful not to overpay state taxes.—

Carl T. Hall

We are not overpaying people; we are paying people what the market demands.—

Renee Glover

overpaid adjective

… fuels the negative stereotype of the overpaid underworked bureaucrat. —

Joann S. Lublin

Examples of overpay in a Sentence

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Using unreconciled data might lead to overpaying taxes unnecessarily. —

Shehan Chandrasekera, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025 Between June 2020 and March 2021, the director was overpaid $54,530, misappropriated more than $4,000 from a district employee reimbursement account and improperly authorized $29,560 in overpayments to 15 district employees. —

Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025 The government was also overpaying for telephones, building design, construction, and shipping services. —

Bruce W. Dearstyne / Made By History, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025 Over time, the state overpaid Trinity another $750,000. —

Wpec Staff, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for overpay