overchargeverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈtʃɑːdʒ/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈtʃɑːrdʒ/to charge someone either more than the real price or more than the value of the product or service:
The gift shop in Paris overcharged me (by €10).
[ + two objects ] They overcharged her $45.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Costing too much
- break
- capital intensive
- cheap
- cost
- cost an arm and a leg/a small fortune idiom
- costly
- daylight robbery
- exorbitant
- highway robbery
- knock
- knock sb back (sth)
- money pit
- not come cheap idiom
- odds
- over the odds idiom
- pretty
- set sb back (sth)
- steep
- stiff
- usury
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