overrecovery

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noun

The recovery of more money than was actually owed.

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Meanings

nounoverrecovery (countable and uncountable, plural overrecoveries)

plural overrecoveries

  1. countableuncountableThe recovery of more money than was actually owed.

    Where the estimate overstates a utility's costs, allowing the utility to overrecover its costs, the amount of the overrecovery generally is required to be returned to the ratepayers through a cost of service adjustment […]

    1997, Federal income tax issues arising in connection with proposals to restructure the electric power industry, page 36

Origin

From over- + recovery.

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APA

overrecovery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overrecovery

MLA

“overrecovery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overrecovery. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overrecovery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overrecovery.

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