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Definition of Overstock
1. Verb. Stock excessively.
Definition of Overstock
1. n. Stock in excess.
2. v. t. To fill too full; to supply in excess; as, to overstock a market with goods, or a farm with cattle.
Definition of Overstock
1. Verb. To stock to an excessive degree ¹
2. Noun. An excessive stock; a surplus or glut ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overstock
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overstock
Literary usage of Overstock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Political Economy of Great Britain, the United States, and France, in by John Badlam Howe (1878)
"Because a glut or overstock of relative necessaries had been known to exist, it
was false reasoning to assert as an inference that there could be an ..."
2. The Life, Adventures, and Opinions of Col. George Hanger Written by Himself by George Hanger, William Combe, John Debrett (1801)
"... to regulate the price; sor that when it is too dear, he can, by bringing in
a vast quantity, glut and overstock the market, and reduce the price, ..."
3. Monetary and Industrial Fallacies: A Dialogue by John Badlam Howe (1878)
"But the overstock increases very gradually: moreover, it is not all overstock,
for we sell largely to consumers, and if one is a speculator, such are all. ..."
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