Overpaying
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overpaying — o·ver pay || ‚əʊvÉ™(r) peɪ v. pay too much; give a salary that is too high … English contemporary dictionary
Gresham's law — is an economic principle that states: When a government compulsorily overvalues one type of money and undervalues another, the undervalued money will leave the country or disappear from circulation into hoards, while the overvalued money will… … Wikipedia
overpay — overpayment /oh veuhr pay meuhnt, oh veuhr pay meuhnt/, n. /oh veuhr pay /, v.t., overpaid, overpaying. 1. to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill. 2. to pay (a person) in excess. [1595 1605; OVER + PAY1] * … Universalium
Cost-shifting — is either an economic situation where one group underpays for a service resulting another group overpaying for a service (shifting compared to expected burden)[1][2] or where one group pays a smaller share of costs than before resulting in… … Wikipedia
overpay — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)pe͟ɪ[/t]] overpays, overpaying, overpaid VERB If you overpay someone, or if you overpay for something, you pay more than is necessary or reasonable. → See also overpaid [V n to inf] Absurdly, the EC makes shoppers overpay farmers to… … English dictionary
Overpaid — Overpay O ver*pay , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overpaid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overpaying}.] 1. To pay too much to; to reward too highly. [1913 Webster] 2. To pay too much for; as, to overpay the loan balance. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Overpay — O ver*pay , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overpaid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overpaying}.] 1. To pay too much to; to reward too highly. [1913 Webster] 2. To pay too much for; as, to overpay the loan balance. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Thomas C. Hindman — Infobox Military Person name= Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Jr. lived= birth date|1828|01|28 ndash; death date|1868|09|27|1828|01|28 placeofbirth= Knoxville, Tennessee placeofdeath= Helena, Arkansas caption= Thomas C. Hindman, taken between 1861 and … Wikipedia
Incentive — For the video game developer and publisher, see Incentive Software. For the independent record label, see Incentive Records. In economics and sociology, an incentive is any factor (financial or non financial) that enables or motivates a… … Wikipedia
Winner's curse — The winner s curse is a phenomenon akin to a Pyrrhic victory that occurs in common value auctions with incomplete information. In short, the winner s curse says that in such an auction, the winner will tend to overpay. However, an actual… … Wikipedia
