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overrecover

verb

Etymology

From over- + recover.

  1. inherited from recover
  2. derived from recupero
  3. derived from recovrer
  4. derived from recoverer
  5. inherited from recoveren
  6. prefixed as overrecover — “over + recover”

Definitions

  1. To recover more money than was actually owed.

    • Where the estimate overstates a utility's costs, allowing the utility to overrecover its costs, the amount of the overrecovery generally is required to be returned to the ratepayers through a cost of service adjustment […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA