单词 | overcharging |
释义 | overchargingn. The action of overcharge v. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > burdensomeness > overburdening or being overburdened overchargingc1460 suffocation1567 overburdening1580 overpressure1644 overpress1846 overtaxation1881 overweightedness1895 c1460 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Oseney Abbey (1907) 82 The forsaide..John and William þe accion vppon þe ouerchargyng vppon þe pasture i-meved relesed, so..þat þe..Abbot and Couent..grauntid that (they) þe pasture..agaynste þe lawe shall not over-charge hit. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii. xiii, in Wks. 229/2 As though sainct Poule had leuer that the priest had twenty [wives] saue for ouerchargyng. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. (1821) I. cii James the Secound..was slane..be sklice of ane gun that brak be ouirchargeing. 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. ii. 12 Not any way ouerloaded or discouraged, nor yet indangered, by the ouercharging of their wits and memories. 1839 J. H. Frere tr. Aristophanes Frogs 11 Fine airs the fellow gives himself—a Rascal! I'll have him punish'd, I vow, for overcharging. 1877 A. Sewell Black Beauty iii. xxxix. 195 You know how quick some of the gentry are to suspect us of cheating, and over-charging. 1944 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Oct. 13/5 Price control clinics..to hear reports from GIs on instances of overcharging, were ordered established. 1979 Internat. Jrnl. Sociol. of Law 7 439 Specific techniques which lead to injustice, such as overcharging by the prosecution. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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