o‧ver‧pay /ˌəʊvəˈpeɪ $ ˌoʊvər-/ verb (past tense and past participle overpaid)
[Word Family: noun: pay, payment, repayment, payer, payee; verb: pay, repay, underpay ≠ overpay; adjective: paid ≠ unpaid, underpaid ≠ overpaid, payable]

1. [transitive] to pay someone more money than they deserve Antonym : underpay:
Most big companies continue to overpay their top executives.

2. [intransitive and transitive] to pay too much money for something Antonym : underpay:
Try to recover any tax you have overpaid.
—overpayment noun [uncountable and countable]

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