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overstock
/ ˌəʊvəˈstɒk /
verb
- to hold or supply (a commodity) in excess of requirements
- to run more farm animals on (a piece of land) than it is capable of maintaining
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Word History and Origins
Origin of overstock1
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Example Sentences
Some people think it possible to overstock a district with bees; but we do not think it ever has occurred in Great Britain.
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You see there was no overstock of modesty among us, more than there is among most healthy boys.
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If you overstock your garden, it will give you many pangs to see how the plants in it suffer from the effect of crowding.
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At times, such is the overstock of importations, that goods are sold at lower prices in Valparaiso than in Europe.
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Not until he had accumulated an overstock of bridge-iron did he think of using iron for the frames of buildings.
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