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overrecovering

overrecovering is the present participle and gerund of overrecover.

Meaning of overrecover

Verb

overrecover (third-person singular simple present overrecovers, present participle overrecovering, simple past and past participle overrecovered)

  1. To recover more money than was actually owed.
    • Where the estimate overstates a utility's costs, allowing the utility to overrecover its costs, the amount of the overrecovery generally is required to be returned to the ratepayers through a cost of service adjustment […]1997, Federal income tax issues arising in connection with proposals to restructure the electric power industry, page 36

Questions about overrecovering

What is overrecovering the present participle and gerund of?
Overrecovering is the present participle and gerund of overrecover.

Words near overrecovering in the dictionary

  1. overrecording
  2. overrecords
  3. overrecover
  4. overrecovered
  5. overrecoveries
  6. overrecovering
  7. overrecovers
  8. overrecovery
  9. overrecruit
  10. overrecruited
  11. overrecruiting

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