Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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overcharge

verb, noun

Forms overcharges overcharging overcharged

  1. verb (ambitransitive) To charge (somebody) more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill.
  2. verb (transitive) To continue to charge (an electrical device) beyond its capacity.
  3. verb To charge (someone) with an inflated number or degree of legal charges (for example, charging them with a more serious crime than was committed); to upcharge.
  4. verb (transitive, dated) To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress.
  5. verb (transitive, dated) To fill too full; to crowd.
  6. verb (transitive, dated) To exaggerate. “to overcharge a description”
  7. noun An excessive load or burden.
  8. noun An excessive charge in an account. “This was a blatant overcharge. They tripled the price because they thought that the customer wouldn't know any better.”
  9. noun Any amount erroneously charged to a customer above the correct price for a product or service. “The software glitch caused an overcharge.”
  10. noun An excessive charge of a rechargeable battery. “It is impossible to end up with an overcharge of your smartphone under any normal circumstances because its hardware and firmware stop the charging when the battery is full.”

Synonyms

gouge hyperbolize overstate stretch big up cut it fat exaggerate overdo overemphasize play up three-sheet price gouging soak surcharge gazump fleece plume pluck rob hook overload

Antonyms

undercharge

Etymology

From Middle English overchargen, equivalent to over- + charge.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy. Sir W. Raleigh.
  2. verb To fill too full; to crowd.
  3. verb To make excessive charges.
  4. noun An excessive load or burden.

Etymology [Cf. Supercharge, Surcharge.]

Etymology [Cf. Supercargo, Supercharge.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “overcharge”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details