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The answer OVERCHARGE has 25 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of overcharge in various dictionaries:
noun - a price that is too high
verb - rip off
verb - place too much a load on
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charge (someone) too high a price for goods or a service. |
put too much electric charge into (a battery). |
An excessive charge for goods or a service. |
Put too much electric charge into (a battery) |
Charge (someone) too high a price for goods or a service. |
place too much a load on |
rip off ask an unreasonable price |
a price that is too high |
to charge someone either more than the real price or more than the value of the product or service: |
to ask someone to pay more than the real price or value of a product or service: |
Overcharge description |
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Overcharge is an economic term that refers to the difference between an observed market price and a price that would have been observed in the absence of collusion. The latter is often called a "but-for price" or a competitive "benchmark price". When collusion is not in use, such as by privately owned businesses, overcharge is considered as a markup of the observed market price for the sole profit of the business and in some states is considered illegal, similar to profiteering and price gouging. * An overcharge may be expressed as a mark-up on the benchmark price, or it may be divided by the observed market price. When the benchmark price is equal to the marginal cost of production, as it is in perfect competition, then ratio of the overcharge to market price is the Lerner Index of market power. * When the overcharge is multiplied by the quantity purchased, it becomes the monetary injury or damages incurred by a buyer of goods sold by a cartel. * The word is also used (as verb and noun) to |