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overpurchase

overpurchase verb: to buy too much of something.

Verb

overpurchase (third-person singular simple present overpurchases, present participle overpurchasing, simple past and past participle overpurchased)

  1. To buy too much of something.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To pay too dear a price.

Noun

overpurchase (plural overpurchases)

  1. An expensive purchase.

Forms of overpurchase

Verb
third-person singular presentoverpurchases
present participleoverpurchasing
past participleoverpurchased
pastoverpurchased
Noun
pluraloverpurchases

Origin of overpurchase

From over- + purchase.

Questions about overpurchase

What does overpurchase mean?
Overpurchase means to buy too much of something.
What part of speech is overpurchase?
Overpurchase can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of overpurchase?
The past tense of overpurchase is overpurchased.

Words near overpurchase in the dictionary

  1. overpunished
  2. overpunishes
  3. overpunishing
  4. overpunishment
  5. overpunishments
  6. overpurchase
  7. overpurchased
  8. overpurchases
  9. overpurchasing
  10. overpursue
  11. overpursued

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