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overreserve

overreserve verb: to put an excessive amount of money in reserve.

Verb

overreserve (third-person singular simple present overreserves, present participle overreserving, simple past and past participle overreserved)

  1. (intransitive) To put an excessive amount of money in reserve.

Forms of overreserve

third-person singular presentoverreserves
present participleoverreserving
past participleoverreserved
pastoverreserved

Origin of overreserve

From over- + reserve.

Questions about overreserve

What does overreserve mean?
Overreserve means to put an excessive amount of money in reserve.
What part of speech is overreserve?
Overreserve is a verb.
What is the past tense of overreserve?
The past tense of overreserve is overreserved.

Words near overreserve in the dictionary

  1. overrequest
  2. overrequested
  3. overrequesting
  4. overrequests
  5. overresearched
  6. overreserve
  7. overreserved
  8. overreserves
  9. overreserving
  10. overresolute
  11. overresourced

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