overbilling
Charging too much
Overbilling is charging more than what's owed or appropriate—whether through error, inflated hours, or outright fraud.
The term appears often in contexts of professional services: The lawyer was accused of overbilling clients for work never performed.
To overbill is to engage in this practice: The contractor overbilled us by thousands.
Demand excessive payment
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- kickbacksIllegal return payments
corruption · white-collar · bribery · collusion · falsification · misrepresentation · forgery · theft
Extra fee added
- markupAdded percentage for profit
- overchargeDemand excessive payment
- paddingMaterial for cushioning
- price gougingExcessive pricing during crises
Money returned after purchase
- chargebackForced transaction reversal
- complaintExpression of discontent
- auditFormal accounts examination
- investigationFormal examination of facts
reconciliation · reimbursement · correction · consumer protection · whistleblower
Disposition toward falsehood
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
misrepresentation · chicanery · concealment · obfuscation · fine print · bait-and-switch
overcharge
Demand excessive payment
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- swindleDeception for financial gain
kickbacks · corruption · white-collar · bribery · collusion · falsification · misrepresentation · forgery · theft · racketeering
surcharge
Extra fee added
- markupAdded percentage for profit
- overchargeDemand excessive payment
- paddingMaterial for cushioning
refund
Money returned after purchase
- chargebackForced transaction reversal
- complaintExpression of discontent
- auditFormal accounts examination
investigation · reconciliation · reimbursement · correction · consumer protection · whistleblower
dishonesty
Disposition toward falsehood
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
manipulation · misrepresentation · chicanery · concealment · obfuscation · fine print · bait-and-switch
- wrongdoingmisconduct, crime, sabotage, crimes, misbehavior
- financial fraudsecurities fraud, bank fraud, accounting fraud, defalcation, embezzler
- medical crimesMedicare fraud, Medicaid fraud, medical malpractice, medical negligence, nursing home abuse
- legal misconductobstruction, perjury, contempt, jury tampering, evidence tampering
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, bribery, bribes
- mistakesmistake, mistakes, slip, error, errors
bill, bills, billed, billing, billable, unbilled, rebilled, overbilled, rebill