overprice

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verb

to give a commodity an excessive price

Scrabble 16

Meanings

verboverprice (third-person singular simple present overprices, present participle overpricing, simple past and past participle overpriced)

present singular third person overprices · participle present overpricing · participle past overpriced · past overpriced

  1. to give a commodity an excessive price

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishprice
  8. Englishoverprice

From over- + price.

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Translations

Finnish ylihinnoitella
  • ylihinnoitellato give a commodity an excessive price
German überteuern
  • überteuernto give a commodity an excessive price
Polish zawyżać ceny, zawyżyć ceny
  • zawyżać cenyto give a commodity an excessive price
  • zawyżyć cenyto give a commodity an excessive price

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

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MLA

“overprice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overprice. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overprice,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overprice.

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