overpay

Word family

o·ver·pay /ˌəʊvəˈpeɪ $ ˌoʊvər-/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp overpaid)

1 [transitiveT]PAY somebody FOR WORK to pay someone more money than they deserve 多付給〔某人〕錢，多給〔某人〕報酬 OPP underpay

Most big companies continue to overpay their top executives.

多數大公司繼續給高管支付過高的薪水。

2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to pay too much money for something 多付（錢） OPP underpay

Try to recover any tax you have overpaid.

要想辦法收回任何多付的稅款。

—overpayment noun [countableC, uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

overpay• The current account mortgage lets you overpay and underpay and there are no penalties.• By paying £60 cash Miss J. Paige's room 504 would have overpaid by £3.75.• Unnerving because if you mess up, you could overpay or face an audit.• We overpaid our taxes this year.• Moreover, surveyors are sometimes pressurised by the subcontractor to overpay, particularly when output has been restricted during adverse weather conditions.• Businesspeople who use the per diem rule get into trouble because they overpay per diem rates.• And Pima County will still overpay the same lobbyists to be in Phoenix.• Your patience is appreciated and we apologise if we have been overpaying you.

From Longman Business Dictionary