overpaying
払いすぎる
解説 Definition
商品やサービスに対して適正な価格より多く支払うこと。
Overpaying means paying more money than is necessary or more than something is really worth. It is commonly used when talking about shopping, bills, services, or salaries. The word often suggests that the payment was unfair, careless, or avoidable.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
pay が分かれば中心はすぐ見える語です。over- は overwork, overeat と同じく「やりすぎ・多すぎ」を足す接頭辞なので、overpay で「払いすぎる」。さらに -ing が付くと「払いすぎていること／払いすぎ」の動作名になります。pay more は単に多く払うだけでも言えますが、overpaying は「相場より高く払って損している」というマイナス感が強め。overpay for a house, avoid overpaying, customers are overpaying のように、価格や相場の場面とセットで覚えると残ります。
Split it into `over` + `pay` + `-ing`. The `-ing` form often names an activity or ongoing state, so `overpaying` focuses on the act of paying too much. Keep it next to bills, rent, insurance, or taxes, and compare it with `overpayment`, which sounds more like the extra amount or result.
例文
Consumers worry about overpaying for insurance that provides minimal coverage.
消費者は最低限の保障しかない保険に過払いすることを心配している。
She realized she had been overpaying for her phone plan for months.
彼女は何ヶ月も携帯電話のプランに余分に払っていたことに気づいた。
Overpaying for a house in a declining market can lead to financial loss.
下落している市場で家に過剰な金額を払うと、経済的損失につながりかねない。
overpaying の類義語・関連語
overpaying の語源・成り立ち Etymology
overpaying は over-「過度に」+ pay「払う」+ -ing です。pay は古フランス語 payer を経てラテン語 pacare「清算して満足させる」にさかのぼります。payment や repay も同根で、over- が付くと「必要以上に払う」がそのまま見えます。
Overpaying is made from over-, pay, and -ing. Pay came into English through Old French payer, from Latin pacare, which originally meant to satisfy or settle. From the idea of settling a debt, the meaning became simply paying money, and over- adds the sense of paying too much. Related words include payment and repay.
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