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overtrade

overtrade verb: to trade beyond one's capital; to buy goods beyond the means of paying for or selling them.

Verb

overtrade (third-person singular simple present overtrades, present participle overtrading, simple past and past participle overtraded)

  1. To trade beyond one's capital; to buy goods beyond the means of paying for or selling them
  2. to overstock the market.

Forms of overtrade

Verb
third-person singular presentovertrades
present participleovertrading
past participleovertraded
pastovertraded
Noun
pluralovertrades

Origin of overtrade

From over- + trade.

Words formed from overtrade

Questions about overtrade

What does overtrade mean?
Overtrade means to trade beyond one's capital; to buy goods beyond the means of paying for or selling them.
What part of speech is overtrade?
Overtrade is a verb.
What is the past tense of overtrade?
The past tense of overtrade is overtraded.

Words near overtrade in the dictionary

  1. overtrace
  2. overtraced
  3. overtraces
  4. overtracing
  5. overtrack
  6. overtrade
  7. overtraded
  8. overtrader
  9. overtraders
  10. overtrades
  11. overtrading

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