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overbuy

overbuy verb: to buy excessively, especially to buy more than one needs or can afford.

Verb

overbuy (third-person singular simple present overbuys, present participle overbuying, simple past and past participle overbought)

  1. To buy excessively, especially to buy more than one needs or can afford.
  2. To buy at an inflated price.

Forms of overbuy

third-person singular presentoverbuys
present participleoverbuying
past participleoverbought
pastoverbought

Origin of overbuy

From over- + buy.

Questions about overbuy

What does overbuy mean?
Overbuy means to buy excessively, especially to buy more than one needs or can afford.
What part of speech is overbuy?
Overbuy is a verb.
What is the past tense of overbuy?
The past tense of overbuy is overbought.

Words near overbuy in the dictionary

  1. overbusying
  2. overbutter
  3. overbuttered
  4. overbuttering
  5. overbutters
  6. overbuy
  7. overbuying
  8. overbuys
  9. overby
  10. Overbye
  11. Overbys

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