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OVERCAPITALIZE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant

Synonyms:

overcapitalise; overcapitalize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "overcapitalize" is one way to...):

capitalise; capitalize (convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital)

Sentence frame:

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Derivation:

overcapitalization ((business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Overestimate the market value of

Example:

overcapitalize a property

Synonyms:

overcapitalise; overcapitalize

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "overcapitalize" is one way to...):

overestimate; overrate (make too high an estimate of)

Sentence frames:

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Sense 3

Meaning:

Estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level

Synonyms:

overcapitalise; overcapitalize

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "overcapitalize" is one way to...):

capitalise; capitalize (compute the present value of a business or an income)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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