See Also: partly(dictionary)
partly(dictionary)
BACKCOCK AND BROWN - PARTLY PAID SHARES(finance)

overpay (oh) and partly (oh)


overpay (oh)



[T] to pay someone more money than they deserve
-opposite underpay underpay
::Most big companies continue to overpay their top executives.
[I and T] to pay too much money for something
-opposite underpay underpay
::Try to recover any tax you have overpaid.
-- overpayment n [U and C]

partly (oh)



to some degree, but not completely
::The poor weather was partly responsible for the crash.
::The company's problems are partly due to bad Management.
::It is partly because of her sick mother that she hasn't taken the job abroad.
::The group is funded partly by the government.