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as in to gouge
to charge (someone) too much for goods or services
I think that store may have overcharged us for the shoes, which were supposed to be on sale
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
An antitrust lawsuit filed this week accuses some of America’s wealthiest colleges and universities of overcharging students with divorced or separated parents.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
For example, the committee found, pricing models are so opaque that PBMs have overcharged insurance plans and taxpayers by hundreds of millions of dollars.
—Alana Semuels, TIME, 18 Sep. 2024
That exposes patients to being overcharged for prescriptions and is forcing smaller drugstores out of business for good, irreparably harming our communities, particularly in rural parts of the state.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
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Verb
Harvard, Yale and dozens of other top private universities in the U.S. are accused in a lawsuit of conspiring to overcharge students for their tuition.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
An antitrust lawsuit filed this week accuses some of America’s wealthiest colleges and universities of overcharging students with divorced or separated parents.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
For example, the committee found, pricing models are so opaque that PBMs have overcharged insurance plans and taxpayers by hundreds of millions of dollars.
—Alana Semuels, TIME, 18 Sep. 2024
That exposes patients to being overcharged for prescriptions and is forcing smaller drugstores out of business for good, irreparably harming our communities, particularly in rural parts of the state.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
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The price gouging law authorizes the energy commission to set a maximum gross gasoline refining margin and a penalty for refiners that exceed it.Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
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The balloon’s string, still attached to a radio transmitter, had gouged into the bird’s flesh—fracturing bones, killing tissues and cutting off circulation to the bird’s feet.Danielle Beurteaux, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
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The Steelers, who enter Week 10 at 6-2 and in first place in the AFC North, are loading up ahead of Tuesday's deadline to aid a postseason run.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The checkup process will start as soon as the tool has loaded, having already analyzed the necessary settings in the background while doing so.Davey Winder, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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WalletHub compared proprietary user data from Q2 2024 with data from Q3 2024 to see the states where auto loan interest rates increased the most and the least.Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2024
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Today, below market rate housing programs offer permanent housing to low-income households at the organization’s Cupertino location, while the onsite food market and Park-It Market mobile food pantry provide food to WVCS clients.Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Since the stinging defeat in the courts, at which details emerged of government security forces downplaying the Bundys’ legitimate concern for their own safety when federal sniper units encircled the family, Washington and its agencies let the Bundys graze at will and without charge.Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Perhaps cricket can stomach that axing, but potentially not being part of the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, will sting.Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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The National Retail Federation warned that U.S. consumers could lose $46 billion to $78 billion in spending power each year if Trump imposes new tariffs.Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2024
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But Chinese officials laser-focused on stabilizing their faltering economy are also mindful of the tariffs of 60% or more that Trump has vowed to impose on all Chinese imports.Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Robins said the company considered multiple different options before settling on the winnings surcharge.Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 2 Aug. 2024
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Homeowners would not be surcharged for commercial losses.Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024
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Here's how some key players in the industry are taking control of their energy demands without overburdening the grid.Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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By taking advantage of priority charging features, users can keep their daily drivers like laptops and tablets in the leftmost ports to keep them topped up and ready to go, while adding lower priority devices further down the line to charge overnight without overburdening the power source.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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Noninterest income increased to $10.1 million, driven by gains on sales of SBA loans and service charges on deposits.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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The family pays for council tax, service charge, etc. All other monthly payments: £10 phone plan.refinery29.com, refinery29.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Overcharge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overcharge. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.
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