mischarge
verb
(alsomis-charge)uk/mɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ/us/ˌmɪsˈtʃɑːrdʒ/mischargeverb(MONEY)
[T]
tochargesomeone thewrongpricefor aproductorservice:
Itseemsthey were being mischarged fortheirequipment.
It may bepossibletoclaimarefundon mischargedfees.
Thesalespersoncalled toexplainhe mis-charged me on someitems.
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overcharge
undercharge
- Check thereceiptif youthinkyou’ve been mischarged.
- There wereclaimsthat someworkershad beendeliberatelymischargingcustomersforcertaingoods.
- Thefoodwasgreatbut theservicewasn’t good, and they mischarged us.
Costing too much
- a bottomless pitidiom
- bottomless
- capital intensive
- cheap
- cheap at half the priceidiom
- cost an arm and a leg/a small fortuneidiom
- costsomeonea pretty pennyidiom
- costsomeonedearidiom
- daylight robbery
- dear
- exorbitant
- gouge
- outprice
- pretty
- price fixing
- pricesomeoneout
- priceyourselfout of the marketidiom
- prohibitive
- prohibitively
- sight
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mischargeverb(ACCUSE)
[IorT]
toformallyaccusesomeonewronglyof acrime, or toformallyaccusesomeone of thewrongcrime:
It wassuggestedthat he hadpurposelymischarged thecaseinorderto makedismissalmorelikely.
Thetrialjudgewas of theopinionthat thegovernmentmis-charged in thiscase.
Blaming & accusing
- a bad workman blames his toolsidiom
- accusatory
- accuser
- accusingly
- allegedly
- attribution
- blame
- denunciation
- finger
- impeach
- incriminate
- indict
- lay
- laysomethingatsomeone'sdooridiom
- levelsomethingagainst/atsomeone
- lightning conductor
- McCarthyite
- misattribute
- nail
- sacrificial lamb
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