overcapitalize
verb (used with object)
to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
overcapitalized
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past participleof overcapitalize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof overcapitalize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
overcapitalizeverb (used with object)to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
Example Sentences
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Some of our banks were more overcapitalized than even the average bank.
From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026
Jackpots have only become bigger as venture capital has grown overcapitalized; last year exit values, the proceeds from selling shares, topped two hundred billion dollars for the first time.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 20, 2020
The giants say they are overcapitalized, and it’s true that their balance sheets are far stronger than before the 2008 panic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2018
When he wrote his book in 2012, “I said hedge funds were overcapitalized and returns would go down, which is exactly what has happened,” he said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2015
The consequence was the so-called "Golden Age," which lasted for several years, until checked by the immense imports from England after the war, and destroyed by the collapse of the overcapitalized undertakings.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Chester Arthur Phillips
