overpay
verb/ˌəʊvəˈpeɪ/
/ˌəʊvərˈpeɪ/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they overpay | /ˌəʊvəˈpeɪ/ /ˌəʊvərˈpeɪ/ |
| he / she / it overpays | /ˌəʊvəˈpeɪz/ /ˌəʊvərˈpeɪz/ |
| past simple overpaid | /ˌəʊvəˈpeɪd/ /ˌəʊvərˈpeɪd/ |
| past participle overpaid | /ˌəʊvəˈpeɪd/ /ˌəʊvərˈpeɪd/ |
| -ing form overpaying | /ˌəʊvəˈpeɪɪŋ/ /ˌəʊvərˈpeɪɪŋ/ |
- overpay somebody to pay somebody too much; to pay somebody more than their work is worth
- I think he’s grossly overpaid for what he does.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryOverpay is used with these nouns as the object:- tax
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