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overcapitalize
[oh-ver-kap-i-tl-ahyz]
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.
to overestimate the capital value (of a business property or enterprise).
to provide an excessive amount of capital for (a business enterprise).
overcapitalize
/ ˌəʊəˈæɪəˌɪ /
verb
to provide or issue capital for (an enterprise) in excess of profitable investment opportunities
to estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level
to overestimate the market value of (property)
Other 51Թ Forms
- overcapitalization noun
- ˌDZˌ辱ٲˈپDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of overcapitalize1
Example Sentences
The secretary offers two reasons: The Cares Act set a year-end sunset; and actual usage of the program has been minimal — only $25 billion in actual lending — so it is already overcapitalized.
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.
On Monday, he made his intentions clear in a couple of rambling, overcapitalized tweets: “Our real opponent is not the Democrats, or the dwindling number of Republicans that lost their way and got left behind.”
“There’s definitely a little bit of this, ‘Let’s overcapitalize the company a little bit so we can move quicker and faster,’ ” he said.
The giants say they are overcapitalized, and it’s true that their balance sheets are far stronger than before the 2008 panic.
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