Past tense of overpay
The past simple of overpay is overpaid and the past participle is overpaid: overpay – overpaid – overpaid.
- Base form V1
- overpay
- Past simple V2
- overpaid
- Past participle V3
- overpaid
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Meaning of overpay
To give someone more money than the work or goods are worth
- ExampleWe overpaid for the flat and knew it.
Overpay, overpaid, overpaid in sentences
- Past simpleWe overpaid for the flat.
- Past participleThe staff have been overpaid for years.
Common mistakes
overpayedoverpaid. Overpay is irregular, so it does not take -ed.
Similar verbs
Overpay is built on pay and changes the same way.
Past simple and past participle the same, like overpay: have, make, think, say, find, feel, keep, tell.
Common questions
What is the past tense of overpay?
Overpaid. For example: We overpaid for the flat.
What is the past participle of overpay?
Overpaid. It follows be in the passive, as in The staff have been overpaid for years.
Is overpay a regular verb?
No. Overpay is irregular: its past forms do not end in -ed.
