overcapitalization
Americannoun
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the act or result of providing an excess of capital for a business or industry.
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the overestimation of the value of a business or enterprise.
Example Sentences
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If you look at 1873 or 1929, you can say, “It’s clear, we’ve got an overcapitalization over here, an issue over there”—but the numbers in ’93 were not bad.
From Slate • Nov. 2, 2020
A remarkable investigator on fire with public zeal, Counsel Hughes exposed the Consolidated Co.'s gas monopoly, forced rates based on overcapitalization down 20%.
From Time Magazine Archive
The real trouble with the railroads is the aftermath of frenzied financing and excessive overcapitalization and not bus, truck, airplane, pipeline or waterway competition.
From Time Magazine Archive
To an ICC which had watched the railroads writhing under overcapitalization, this sort of financing looked all too familiar.
From Time Magazine Archive
The evils of overcapitalization also became an issue of the times.
From The Railroad Builders; a chronicle of the welding of the states by Moody, John
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