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名詞

overpayment (plural overpayments)

1. Payment exceeding the amount actually due.

   The employer sued to recover overpayment of wages.

   • 2024 March 29, Tami Luhby, “Social Security slashes amount of overpayments beneficiaries must pay back”, in CNN‎:

     The Social Security Administration announced Friday that it will no longer automatically withhold 100% of the overpayment amount from recipients’ monthly benefits. Instead, it will collect 10% – or $10, whichever is greater – to recover the overpayment. […] The Social Security Administration recovered more than $4.9 billion in overpayments in fiscal year 2023 but still ended the year with a total balance of $23 billion in uncollected payments.

反意語

• backlog
• arrear, arrears
• being behind with something

関連する語

• underpayment
• overpay