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
Plus they have a lost of fixed costs that are over-the-top, i.e., they are overcapitalized.
From Forbes ● Sep. 21, 2011
This process of readjustment of overcapitalized values obviously involves loss; but readjustment there must be.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Chester Arthur Phillips
