0 the action of paying someone too much or an amount paid that is too much:
1 the act of making bigger payments than originally agreed when paying back a loan, or the amount by which someone has paid more:
2 the act of paying more than is necessary or more than the value of something, or the amount by which someone has paid too much:
3 the act of paying someone too much, or the amount by which someone has been paid too much:
A truly flexible mortgage allows you to make overpayments and underpayments without penalty.
They are trying to recover an alleged overpayment of expenses.
And yet the monarch's condescension is not mere payment, but overpayment; it is not just a reward, but a gift besides.
In 1992 the fees were cut in order to recoup some of the overpayment.
Attempts to recoup the overpayment were dropped.
But if overpayments have been made in error, they would have to be recovered in the usual way.
Normally, however, proceedings would not be taken where the overpayment was less than £50.