The small electronics shop tried to overcharge tourists for basic cables, but a savvy reviewer exposed the inflated prices online.
这家小型电子产品店试图向游客多收基本电线的费用,但一位精明的评论者在线揭露了虚高的价格。
Which choice best defines “overcharge”?
B — To charge too much money. “overcharge” means to charge too much money.
Which word means “to charge too much money”?
A — overcharge. “overcharge” means to charge too much money.
overcharge — to charge too much money. In Chinese: 多收钱,过高收费.
overcharge is pronounced /ˌoʊvərˈtʃɑːrdʒ/.
The small electronics shop tried to overcharge tourists for basic cables, but a savvy reviewer exposed the inflated prices online. (这家小型电子产品店试图向游客多收基本电线的费用,但一位精明的评论者在线揭露了虚高的价格。)
overprice, gouge, rip off — all close in meaning to overcharge (to charge too much money).
undercharge, discount — each the opposite of overcharge (to charge too much money).
Yes. overcharge is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.