also: ごはらい
payment error; mischarge
Refers to an incorrect payment, such as overpayment, underpayment, or paying the wrong amount. Often used in financial or administrative contexts.
Because the bank made a payment error, there was extra money in the account.
I noticed a mischarge on the bill and contacted them immediately.
Standard kanji spelling. The reading ごばらい is more common than ごはらい.
Alternate reading; less common but still used.
Compound of 誤 (go, 'mistake') and 払い (harai, 'payment'), the nominalized form of 払う (harau, 'to pay').