overstock
to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
a stock that is larger than the actual need or demand.
Origin of overstock
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How to use overstock in a sentence
The absorbing issues before the convention were the Texas fever and the overstocking of the range.
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands | H. Hagedorn.In Derby and Nottingham apparent understocking becomes the exception and overstocking the rule.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandThe overstocking of the labor market has become a menace to many trade-unions, especially those of the lesser skilled workers.
Races and Immigrants in America | John R. CommonsA failure may be experienced by sudden rash speculation overstocking the markets there, and raising the prices against ourselves.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa | David LivingstoneThis will not only head off the dry-farmers from overstocking what little range is left—it'll make a dead-line for sheep, too.
The Flying U's Last Stand | B. M. Bower
British Dictionary definitions for overstock
/ (ˌəʊvəˈstɒk) /
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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