overcharge Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a price that is too high
  2. verb rip off; ask an unreasonable price
    fleece; soak; plume; pluck; hook; rob; gazump; surcharge.
  3. verb place too much a load on
    overload; surcharge.
    • don't overload the car

WordNet

O`ver*charge" transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Supercharge, Surcharge.
Definitions
  1. To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy. Sir W. Raleigh.
  2. To fill too full; to crowd.
    Our language is overcharged with consonants. Addison.
  3. To charge excessively; to charge beyond a fair rate or price.
  4. To exaggerate; as, to overcharge a description.
O`ver*charge" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make excessive charges.
O"ver*charge` noun
Etymology
Cf. Supercargo, Supercharge.
Definitions
  1. An excessive load or burden.
  2. An excessive charge in an account.

Webster 1913