overstock

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US verb /ˌoʊvɚˈstɑk/ noun /ˈoʊvɚˌstɑk/ UK verb /ˌəʊvəˈstɒk/ noun /ˈəʊvəˌstɒk/ See IPA manual

Freq #173854

Meanings

1

verb
to supply or keep more goods, animals, money, or other stock than is needed or can be used

US /ˌoʊvɚˈstɑk/ UK /ˌəʊvəˈstɒk/

The retailer did not want to overstock winter coats before a mild season.
2

noun
a quantity of stock greater than demand or available capacity; surplus inventory

US /ˈoʊvɚˌstɑk/ UK /ˈəʊvəˌstɒk/

The warehouse sold its overstock at a substantial discount.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to supply or keep more... oversupplyoverfillstock excessively

2 noun · a quantity of stock greater... surplusexcess inventoryoversupply

Opposites

understockshortage deplete

Word family

Forms overstocking

Derived forms overstockedoverstocking

Related forms stock inventory glut

Etymology

Formed from over- ('excessively') + stock. The verb is recorded from the seventeenth century; the noun developed for the resulting surplus of goods or other stock.

Topics

Actions & Processes

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