overpaid
過払い
解説 Definition
overpaid は overpay（払いすぎる）の過去形・過去分詞です。ここでは「過払い」や「払いすぎた状態」を表し、請求、給与、返金などのお金の文脈で使われます。
The past tense and past participle of overpay, used when someone paid more money than was required or received more money than was properly due. It commonly occurs in contexts involving wages, bills, refunds, and accounting errors.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
overpay「払いすぎる」の過去形・過去分詞で、語尾は子音字を重ねず、そのまま -ed を付けます。発音は /ˌoʊvərˈpeɪd/ で、末尾は「ペイド」。be overpaid は「給料などを多く受け取りすぎる」、have overpaid は「払いすぎた」と、受け手と支払い手の違いで覚えましょう。
Connect overpaid directly with overpay: over means “beyond the proper amount,” pay supplies the money context, and -ed marks the past tense or past participle. The spelling simply adds -ed, and the ending is pronounced /d/, as in paid. Perspective matters: “I overpaid the bill” means I gave too much, while “I was overpaid” usually means I received too much, often in wages. Remember it through common combinations such as overpaid employee, overpaid tax, and amount overpaid.
例文
The customer was overpaid by mistake.
その顧客には手違いで過払いがありました。
If you are overpaid, please contact the payroll office.
過払いを受けた場合は、給与担当部署に連絡してください。
The refund covered the amount that he had overpaid last month.
その返金は、彼が先月払いすぎた分を補うものでした。
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overpaid の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語の「超過」を示す接頭辞over-と、ラテン語pacare（満足させる）由来のpayを結合。債権者を「満足させる」本来のpayが、適正額を超えて行われる状態を指すため「過払い」となった。同語根語にpacify（鎮める）やrepay（返済する）がある。
Overpaid is the past-tense and past-participle form of overpay, combining over-, meaning “excessively” or “beyond a limit,” with pay. Pay entered English through Old French and ultimately relates to Latin pacare, “to satisfy or pacify,” reflecting the idea of satisfying a creditor. The irregular form paid, rather than payed, is retained after the prefix: overpay becomes overpaid.
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