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overrecovery

overrecovery noun: the recovery of more money than was actually owed.

Noun

overrecovery (countable and uncountable, plural overrecoveries)

  1. The recovery of 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

Forms of overrecovery

pluraloverrecoveries

Origin of overrecovery

From over- + recovery.

Questions about overrecovery

What does overrecovery mean?
Overrecovery means the recovery of more money than was actually owed.
What part of speech is overrecovery?
Overrecovery is a noun.
What is the plural of overrecovery?
The plural of overrecovery is overrecoveries.

Words near overrecovery in the dictionary

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

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