| 释义 |
ˌover-ˈpurchase, v.
[over- 26.]
trans. To purchase at too high a price; to buy too dear.
1651Fuller Abel Rediv. (1867) II. 82 Unwilling to over-purchase his safety at the price of a lie. 1703Collier Ess. Mor. Subj. ii. (1709) 191 He that buys his Satisfaction at the Expence of Duty and Discretion, is sure to over-purchase.
So ˌover-ˈpurchase n.
1697Collier Immor. Stage (1698) 161 Mirth at the expence of Virtue is an Over-purchase. |