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overprice

overprice verb: to give a commodity an excessive price.

Verb

overprice (third-person singular simple present overprices, present participle overpricing, simple past and past participle overpriced)

  1. to give a commodity an excessive price

Examples of overprice in a sentence

  • He overpriced the items to ensure they would not sell.
  • The overpriced items would not sell.
  • It is overpriced, eight dollars without any description except "hot dog." I choose violence.

All 10 example sentences with overprice

Forms of overprice

third-person singular presentoverprices
present participleoverpricing
past participleoverpriced
pastoverpriced

Origin of overprice

From over- + price.

Words that rhyme with overprice

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Questions about overprice

What does overprice mean?
Overprice means to give a commodity an excessive price.
What part of speech is overprice?
Overprice is a verb.
What is the past tense of overprice?
The past tense of overprice is overpriced.

Words near overprice in the dictionary

  1. overpresumed
  2. overpresumes
  3. overpresuming
  4. overpresumption
  5. overpresumptuous
  6. overprice
  7. overpriced
  8. overpricedness
  9. overprices
  10. overpricing
  11. overpricings

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