overstock

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ stock.

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  • Rhymes: -ɔːk

Verb

overstock (third-person singular simple present overstocks, present participle overstocking, simple past and past participle overstocked)

  1. (transitive) To stock to an excessive degree.
    Antonym: understock
    Hypernyms: stock up, stock, lay in
    Coordinate term: restock

Noun

overstock (plural overstocks)

  1. An excessive stock; a surplus or glut.
    Antonym: stockout
    Near-synonym: oversupply
    • 1794, The Tatler, volume 4, page 24:
      This overstock of beauty, for which there are so few bidders, calls for an immediate supply of lovers and husbands […]

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