overcapitalize
IPA: ˈoʊvɝkˈæpɪtʌɫaɪz
verb
- (transitive) to estimate the value of a company, stock etc too highly
- (transitive) to capitalize a business beyond a sustainable level
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Examples of "overcapitalize" in Sentences
- "overcapitalize" its banks in return for EU/IMF assistance.
- In the excitement of improving your home, its easy to overcapitalize.
- BTW, my two years of German in college has made me prone to overcapitalize and that has nothing to do with my political views.
- I know there's other people out there talking about tighter spacing, but as an industry we have a tendency to overcapitalize our successes.
- DUBLIN/LONDON-Ireland expects to "overcapitalize" its ailing banks and force them to sell more assets or transfer more loans to the country's "bad bank" as part of an industry overhaul that may see more nationalizations.
- A more usual practice, and more dangerous - because it deceives even the intelligent-is to overcapitalize an honest business, to issue "watered" stock-that is, stock in excess of the actual value of plant, patents, and other assets.
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