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overpays

overpays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overpay.

Meaning of overpay

Verb

overpay (third-person singular simple present overpays, present participle overpaying, simple past and past participle overpaid)

  1. (ambitransitive) To pay too much.
    • I think we overpaid for that old car.
  2. (transitive) To be more than an ample reward for.

Questions about overpays

What is overpays the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overpays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overpay.

Words near overpays in the dictionary

  1. overpayer
  2. overpayers
  3. overpaying
  4. overpayment
  5. overpayments
  6. overpays
  7. overpedal
  8. overpedaled
  9. overpedaling
  10. overpedalled
  11. overpedalling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overpays (page history and authors); overpay (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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