overpay

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US/oʊ.vɚ.peɪ/

verb

To pay too much.

“I think we overpaid for that old car.”

Opposite
underpay
OriginEnglish pay ← Middle English payen ← Old French paiier →
UncommonScrabble 15
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Meanings

verboverpay (third-person singular simple present overpays, present participle overpaying, simple past and past participle overpaid)

present singular third person overpays · participle present overpaying · participle past overpaid · past overpaid

  1. ambitransitiveTo pay too much.

    I think we overpaid for that old car.

    2 more examples

    Be careful not to overpay when buying second-hand items.

    The customer accidentally overpaid and was refunded.

  2. transitiveTo be more than an ample reward for.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
underpay

verbpay too much

Opposite
underpay
Broader
pay

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂ḱ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂ḱs
  9. Proto-Italic*pāks
  10. Latinpāx
  11. Latinpācō
  12. Old Frenchpaiier
  13. Middle Englishpayen
  14. Englishpay
  15. Englishoverpay

From over- + pay.

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Translations

Bulgarian плащам прекалено много
  • плащам прекалено много (plaštam prekaleno mnogo)to pay too much
Chinese Mandarin 支付得太多, 多付
  • 支付得太多 (zhīfù de tài duō)to pay too much
  • 多付 (duōfù)to pay too much
  • 給……的工資過高 /给……的工资过高 (gěi ... de gōngzī guògāo)to pay too much
Dutch teveel betalen
  • teveel betalento pay too much
Finnish maksaa liikaa
  • maksaa liikaato pay too much
French surpayer
  • surpayerto pay too much
German überbezahlen
  • überbezahlento pay too much
Hungarian túlfizet
  • túlfizetto pay too much
Japanese 余分に払う
  • 余分に払う (yobun ni harau)to pay too much
Polish przepłacać, przepłacić
  • przepłacaćto pay too much
  • przepłacićto pay too much
Russian перепла́чивать, переплати́ть
  • перепла́чивать (perepláčivatʹ)to pay too much
  • переплати́ть (pereplatítʹ)to pay too much

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with overpay

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Cite this entry
APA

overpay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overpay

MLA

“overpay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overpay. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overpay,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overpay.

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