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overstock

[ verb oh-ver-stok; noun oh-ver-stok ]

/ verb ˌoʊ vərˈstɒk; noun ˈoʊ vərˌstɒk /

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verb (used with object)

to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.

noun

a stock that is larger than the actual need or demand.

Origin of overstock

First recorded in 1555–65; over- + stock

Words nearby overstock

overstay, overstayer, oversteer, overstep, overstitch, overstock, overstood, overstory, overstress, overstretch, overstrew

Example sentences from the Web for overstock

Not until he had accumulated an overstock of bridge-iron did he think of using iron for the frames of buildings.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 11 (of 14) |Elbert Hubbard
Some people think it possible to overstock a district with bees; but we do not think it ever has occurred in Great Britain.

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 698 |Various
If you overstock your garden, it will give you many pangs to see how the plants in it suffer from the effect of crowding.

Amateur Gardencraft |Eben E. Rexford
You see there was no overstock of modesty among us, more than there is among most healthy boys.

Fernley House |Laura E. Richards

But it is not an overstock, for they have all India as a prey.

Following the Equator, Complete |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

British Dictionary definitions for overstock

overstock

/ (ˌəʊvəˈstɒk) /

verb (tr)

to hold or supply (a commodity) in excess of requirements

to run more farm animals on (a piece of land) than it is capable of maintaining