overpayments
n.过多支付,多付款:支付超过应付金额的行为。
例句
The public sector, meanwhile, has become a byword for mismanagement, with vast sums of public money being frittered away on overpayments of tax credits or costly it projects.
这句的翻译在逻辑上可以改进下:与此同时,随着大量的公共资金被浪费在课税扣除的逾额付款或耗资巨大的IT项目上,公共部门已沦为了管理不善的代名词。