Meanings
plural overpayments
- Payment exceeding the amount actually due.
The employer sued to recover overpayment of wages.
1 more example
The Social Security Administration announced Friday that it will no longer automatically withhold 100% of the overpayment amount from recipients’ monthly benefits. Instead, it will collect 10% – or $10, whichever is greater – to recover the overpayment. […] The Social Security Administration recovered more than $4.9 billion in overpayments in fiscal year 2023 but still ended the year with a total balance of $23 billion in uncollected payments.
2024 March 29, Tami Luhby, “Social Security slashes amount of overpayments beneficiaries must pay back”, in CNN
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
French surpaye, trop-perçu
- surpayepayment exceeding the amount actually due
- trop-perçupayment exceeding the amount actually due
German Überzahlung, Überbezahlung
- Überzahlungpayment exceeding the amount actually due
- Überbezahlungpayment exceeding the amount actually due
Hungarian túlfizetés
- túlfizetéspayment exceeding the amount actually due
Polish nadpłata
- nadpłatapayment exceeding the amount actually due
Cite this entry
overpayment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overpayment
“overpayment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overpayment. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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