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overcapitalize

overcapitalize verb: to estimate the value of a company, stock etc too highly.

Verb

overcapitalize (third-person singular simple present overcapitalizes, present participle overcapitalizing, simple past and past participle overcapitalized)

  1. (transitive) to estimate the value of a company, stock etc too highly
  2. (transitive) to capitalize a business beyond a sustainable level

Antonyms of overcapitalize

Forms of overcapitalize

third-person singular presentovercapitalizes
present participleovercapitalizing
past participleovercapitalized
pastovercapitalized

Origin of overcapitalize

From over- + capitalize.

Questions about overcapitalize

What does overcapitalize mean?
Overcapitalize means to estimate the value of a company, stock etc too highly.
What part of speech is overcapitalize?
Overcapitalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of overcapitalize?
The past tense of overcapitalize is overcapitalized.

Words near overcapitalize in the dictionary

  1. overcapitalisation
  2. overcapitalisations
  3. overcapitalised
  4. overcapitalization
  5. overcapitalizations
  6. overcapitalize
  7. overcapitalized
  8. overcapitalizes
  9. overcapitalizing
  10. overcaptious
  11. overcard

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