overstock

[verb oh-ver-stok; noun oh-ver-stok]

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verb (used with object)

to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.

noun

a stock that is larger than the actual need or demand.

Origin of overstock

First recorded in 1555–65; over- + stock

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Examples from the Web for overstock

Historical Examples

When the price of wool is high, the farmers are too reluctant to sell off their sheep, and thus become liable to an overstock.
Address delivered by Hon. Henry H. Crapo, Governor of Michigan, before the Central Michigan Agricultural Society, at their Sheep-shearing Exhibition held at the Agricultural College Farm, on Thursday, May 24th, 1866
Henry Howland Crapo
But it is not an overstock, for they have all India as a prey.
Following the Equator, Complete
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Not until he had accumulated an overstock of bridge-iron did he think of using iron for the frames of buildings.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 11 (of 14)
Elbert Hubbard
I hear the skeptic say: You will overstock the market, and your fruit will not pay the cost of transportation.
Florida: Past and present
Samuel Curtis Upham
At times, such is the overstock of importations, that goods are sold at lower prices in Valparaiso than in Europe.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests
J. J. von Tschudi

British Dictionary definitions for overstock

overstock

verb (tr)

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 Origin and History for overstock

v.

1640s, from over- + stock (v.). Related: Overstocked; overstocking. The noun is attested from 1710.

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Examples from the Web for overstock

Historical Examples

When the price of wool is high, the farmers are too reluctant to sell off their sheep, and thus become liable to an overstock.

But it is not an overstock, for they have all India as a prey.

Not until he had accumulated an overstock of bridge-iron did he think of using iron for the frames of buildings.

I hear the skeptic say: You will overstock the market, and your fruit will not pay the cost of transportation.

At times, such is the overstock of importations, that goods are sold at lower prices in Valparaiso than in Europe.

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Word Origin and History for overstock

v.

Origin of overstock