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overcapitalize

(also overcapitalise)
Definition of overcapitalize

verb

[with object] (usually as adjective overcapitalized)
  • provide (a company) with more capital than is advisable or necessary:a bleak time for the overcapitalized firm
  • estimate the capital value of (a company) at too high an amount.

Derivatives

overcapitalization

noun

overcapitalize in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of overcapitalize in the US English dictionary
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