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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overrecover en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + recover.

Meanings

  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 […] 1997, Federal income tax issues arising in connection with proposals to restructure the electric power industry, page 36:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overrecovered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overrecovered Tense=Past lexicographic
overrecovers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overrecovering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

overrecovery